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Papyrus 484
- Record Id:
- 040-002104856
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001b8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471891.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 484
- Title:
- Miscellaneous Texts (TM 28056-28057, 37017, 59210, 63512, 63525)
- Scope & Content:
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A (TM 28056): Second-century money account, unpublished.
B (TM 37017): Fragment of a sixth-century contract, with subscription. Unpublished.
C (TM 63512, LDAB 4721, MP3 2847): Fragment in prose; 2nd century; unpublished.
D (P.Lond.Lit. 88, TM 63525, LDAB 4734, MP3 1675): Fragment of a comedy, 2nd century; with marginal annotation.
E (P.Lond.Lit. 35, TM 59210, LDAB 305, MP3 118): Aratus, Phaenomena 944-957; assigned to the first or second century.
F (TM 28057): Fragment of a second-century contract, dated in the ninth year of an emperor whose name is lost. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104856 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 484 : Miscellaneous Texts (TM 28056-28057, 37017, 59210, 63512, 63525) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1166]/040-002104856
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Six papyrus fragments not belonging together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
A: Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete but with surface damage throughout; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. On the front, there are 21 lines written along the fibres, abraded in places; the margins survive.
B: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, partly complete at the bottom, broken off on all other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 15 lines; the lower margin partly survives. The back is blank.
C: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, displaying insect-holes; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 19 lines. The back is blank.
D: Narrow strip of papyrus, written on one side along the fibres; the front bears the first few letters of 18 lines; traces of the preceding columns remain.
E: Medium-brown papyrus fragment; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears a few letters from the beginnings of 14 lines. The back is blank.
F: Fragment from a medium-brown papyrus, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 8 lines, lacking beginnings and ends; a scant trace of another line at the bottom is visible. The upper margin survives. The back is blank.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0000
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 1st century-6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 202 x 125 mm; B: 122 x 72 mm; C: 115 x 73 mm; D: 132 x 23 mm; E: 67 x 28 mm; F: 73 x 37 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 390 x 25 mm.
Script: A: Rapid and untidy cursive hand; B: Neat and large upright cursive hand of fair size; different hand, smaller and sloping to the right, at the end; C: Rather untidy, semi-cursive hand; D: Large and upright capital, with serifs; high point, breathings and circumflex accents occur; paragraphus used. E: Small, neat, square hand, upright and bilinear, with serifs; F: Thin, semi-cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Presented by Travers Smith on 15 May 1895.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 484(a)
P.Lond. II 484(b)
P.Lond. II 484(c)
P.Lond. II 484(d)
P.Lond. II 484(e)
P.Lond. II 484(f)
P.Lond.Lit. 35
P.Lond.Lit. 88 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1894-1899 (London: British Museum, 1901), p. 501.
A
Frederic G. Kenyon, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, II (London: British Museum, 1898), p. xlii, no. 484(a) descr.
B
Frederic G. Kenyon, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, II (London: British Museum, 1898), p. xlii, no. 484(b) descr.
C
Frederic G. Kenyon, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, II (London: British Museum, 1898), p. xlii, no. 484(c) descr.
D
Frederic G. Kenyon, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, II (London: British Museum, 1898), p. xlii, no. 484(d) descr.
Herbert J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1927), pp. 62-63, no. 88.
Colin Austin, Comicorum Graecorum fragmenta in papyris reperta (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1973), no. 229.
Rudolf Kassel, Colin Austin, Poetae comici Graeci. 1-8 vols. (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1983-2001), Vol. 8: Adespota (1995), no. 1055.
E
Frederic G. Kenyon, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, II (London: British Museum, 1898), p. xlii, no. 484(e) descr.
Herbert J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1927), pp. 29-30, no. 35.
Jean Martin, Histoire du texte des Phénomènes d'Aratos (Paris: C. Klincksieck, 1956), pp. 212-13.
F
Frederic G. Kenyon, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, II (London: British Museum, 1898), p. xlii, no. 484(f) descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)