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Papyrus 487(A)
- Record Id:
- 040-002104868
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001c3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468728.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 487(A)
- Title:
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New Comedy (P.Petr. I 4(1), P.Lond.Lit. 90, P.Lond. III 487(a) descr., TM 61586, LDAB 2735, MP3 1662)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragment with portions of two columns from a new comedy, presumably Menander’s Hydria, with part of a dialogue; the name Demeas occurs.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104868 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 487(A) : New Comedy (P.Petr. I 4(1), P.Lond.Lit. 90, P.Lond. III 487(a) descr., TM 61586, LDAB 2735, MP3 1662) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1150]/040-002104868
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus fragment reused as mummy cartonnage, with surface damage in places; broken off at the top and sides; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The feet of two columns are preserved; of the first column, 13 lines lacking the beginnings survive; of the second few letters of the beginnings of 9 lines; with part of the lower margin and intercolumn. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468728.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0299
- End Date:
- -0200
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 120 x 117 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 170 x 155 mm.
Script: Thick and rather large semi-cursive hand. Paragraphus occurs.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Gurob, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 486-603 by Henry Martyn Kennard (b. 1833, d. 1911) in May 1895. The papyri had been extracted from mummy cartonnages found in Gurob by William Matthew Flinders Petrie (b. 1853, d. 1942) in 1889-1890.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 487(a) descr.
P.Petr. I 4(1) - 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. 500.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part I (Dublin: The Academy House 1891), pp. 16-17, no 4(1), with pl.
T. Kock, ‘Zu den Fragmenten der attischen Komiker’, Rheinisches Museum 48 (1891), pp. 208-239 (p. 221).
F. Blass, 'Ein Papyrusfragment aus Menandros Kolax', Hermes 33 (1898), pp. 654-657 (pp. 654-656).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. ix, no. 487A descr.
J. Demiańczuk, Supplementum Comicorum (Krakow: Nakładem Akademii Umiejẹtności 1912), pp. 113-114, no. 26.
O. Schroeder, Novae comoediae fragmenta in papyris reperta, exceptis Menandreis (Bonn: Marcus und Weber 1915), pp. 11-20.
H. J. M. Milne, ‘Readings from Papyri’, The Classical Review 36 (1922), pp. 165-166 (p. 166).
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees of the British Museum 1927), p. 64, no. 90.
C. Austin, Comicorum Graecorum fragmenta in papyris reperta (CGFP) (Berlin: De Gruyter 1973), p. 252, no. 243.
K. Gaiser, Menanders 'Hydria'. Eine hellenistische Komödie und ihr Weg ins lateinische Mittelalter (Heidelberg: C. Winter 1977), p. 14 and passim.
W. Luppe, ‘Literarische Texte: Drama’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 27 (1980), pp. 233-250 (pp. 234, 236).
R. Kassel, C. Austin, Poetae Comici Graeci (PCG) VIII. Adespota (Berlin: De Gruyter 1995), 1093 B.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)