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Papyrus 264
- Record Id:
- 040-002104637
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003c8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100142973773.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 264
- Title:
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Demotic Hymn to Sobek (P.Lond. II 264r. descr., TM 130908) and List of Names (P.Lond. II 264v. descr., TM 25618)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Lond. II 264r. descr., TM 130908, LDAB 130908): Five columns, three of which complete, written in Demotic and containing a hymn to Sobek, who is described as a cosmic and solar deity, source of all life; praises are addressed to him. Traces of an underlying Greek text, which was apparently washed out, are still visible.
Verso (P.Lond. II 264v. descr., TM 25618): List of names, the purpose of which is uncertain, arranged in narrow columns.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104637 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 264 : Demotic Hymn to Sobek (P.Lond. II 264r. descr., TM 130908) and List of Names (P.Lond. II 264v. descr., TM 25618) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0156]/040-002104637
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment from a papyrus roll, written on both sides, bearing Greek writing on the verso and Demotic writing on the recto; traces of an underlying Greek text on the recto, which was washed out, are visible. Overall well preserved, yet incomplete, with holes affecting the writing on both sides; housed in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100142973773.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Egyptian (Ancient)
Greek, Ancient - Scripts:
- Egyptian demotic
Greek - Start Date:
- 0000
- End Date:
- 0099
- Date Range:
- 1st century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 235 x 970 mm; housed in one glass frame measuring 370 x 1115 mm.
Script: Verso: Cursive hand of fair size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Soknopaiou Nesos, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 256-271 from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) on 14 March 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 264r. descr.
P.Lond. II 264v. descr. - Information About Copies:
- Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 420.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. XXV, no. 264 descr.
M. A. Stadler, ‘Eine neue Quelle zur Theologie des Sobek aus Dimê. Papyrus British Library 264 recto’, J. Hallof (ed.), Auf den Spuren des Sobek. Festschrift für Horst Beinlich zum 28. Dezember 2012. Studien zu den Ritualszenen altägyptischer Tempel 12 (2012), pp. 265-273.
M. A. Stadler, Théologie et culte au temple de Soknopaios. Études sur la religion d’un village égyptien pendant l’époque romaine (Paris: Cybele 2017), pp. 65-69.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)