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Papyrus 275
- Record Id:
- 040-002104648
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003d3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468375.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 275
- Title:
- Panegyric on the Emperor (P.Lond.Lit. 163, TM 64092, LDAB 5310, MP3 2531)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragments from a papyrus codex, further portions of which are in Vienna, Nationalbibliothek, containing an anonymous panegyric for the emperor Julian or Constantine.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104648 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 275 : Panegyric on the Emperor (P.Lond.Lit. 163, TM 64092, LDAB 5310, MP3 2531) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0167]/040-002104648
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Two fragments from a papyrus codex, with writing on both sides. Parts of three leaves (that is, six pages) survive; portions of three columns per side remain; the column width is 88 mm. The smaller fragment bears portions of one column on each side; it displays some surface damage and small insect holes. The larger fragment contains parts of two columns per side, both very fragmentary. The upper margin measures 40 mm and the lower 65 mm; the intercolumn measures 35 mm. Further fragments of the same codex are in Vienna, Nationalbibliothek, inventoried as G 29292 + G 29504 + G 29834. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468375.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Smaller fragment: 165 x 90 mm; Larger fragment: 235 x 225 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 305 x 415 mm.
Script: Medium-sized upright hand with cursive tendencies; letters occasionally enlarged.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 272-400 from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) on 11 April 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 163
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), pp. 422-423.
J. Bidez, ‘Fragments d'un philosophe ou d'un rhéteur grec inconnue’, Revue de philologie 30 (1906), pp. 161-172.
C. Haeberlin, ‘Fragmente eines unbekannter Philosophen’, Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 62 (1907), p. 154.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 132, no. 163.
H. Oellacher, in Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer). Neue Serie. Griechische Literarische Papyri I, Num. 14 (Wien: G. Prachner 1932), pp. 105-123, no. 14.
H. Oellacher, 'Addenda und Corrigenda', in Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung der Nationalbibliothek in Wien (Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer) N.S. III: Griechische Literarische Papyri II, (Baden bei Wien: R.M. Rohrer 1939), p. 94.
K. F. W. Schmidt, in Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen 198 (1936), pp. 250-252.
A. Guida, Un anonimo panegirico per l'imperatore Giuliano (Studi e testi per il Corpus dei papiri filosofici greci e latini 4) (Firenze: Olschki 1990).
M. R. Cataudella, ‘Un anonimo panegirico per l'imperatore Giuliano’, Sileno 17 (1991), pp. 111-120.
M. Cesa, ‘Review: La nuova edizione di un panegirico per Giuliano l'Apostata’, Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica NS 44 (1993), pp. 145-147.
H. Harrauer, K. A. Worp, ‘Literarische Papyri aus Soknopaiu Nesos’, Tyche. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 8 (1993), pp. 35-40 (p. 37).
T. D. Barnes, ‘Julian or Constantine? Observation on a fragmentary imperial panegyric’, in B. Kramer, W. Luppe, H. Maehler, G. Poethke (EDS.), Akten des 21. Internationalen Papyrologenkongresses, Berlin, 13.—19. 8. 1995 (Stuttgart–Leipzig: B. G. Teubner 1997), pp. 67-70.
T. D. Barnes, Constantine: Dynasty, Religion and Power in the Later Roman Empire (Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.-Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell 2011), pp. 198-200, Appendix G.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)