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Papyrus 489
- Record Id:
- 040-002104871
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001e6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472196.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 489
- Title:
- Collection of Barbaric Customs (P. Lond. Lit. 112; P. Petrie I. 9; TM 59306; Mertens-Pack3 2183)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragments of a collection of Nomima Barbarika attributable to Nymphodorus of Amphipolis or Dionysius of Heraclea.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104871 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 489 : Collection of Barbaric Customs (P. Lond. Lit. 112; P. Petrie I. 9; TM 59306; Mertens-Pack3 2183) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0763]/040-002104871
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Six fragments of a roll, writing on one side only along the fibres, mounted in glass.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147472196.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0299
- End Date:
- -0200
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Papyrus
Dimensions: 6 fragments of a roll, 215 x 80 mm; 170 x 70 mm; 120 x 100 mm; 98 x 80 mm; 65 x 115 mm; 50 x 20 mm each, mounted in a glass case measuring 260 x 335 mm. Fragments 1 and 3 and fragments 2; 4; 5 belong together but they derive from two distinct part of the roll. Fragment 6 cannot be placed.
Ruling: Written along the fibres in columns, largest extant column with 24 lines.
Script: Uncial, "rather large" (Milne (1926), p. 86) and "predominantly upright and roughly bilinear" (Payon Leyra (2015), p. 239). Systematic use of paragraphi and occasionally employed coronides
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Gurob, Egypt
Provenance: Extracted from the cartonnages of Ptolemaic mummies found by William M. Flinders Petrie in Gurob in 1889-1890. Presented by Jesse Hartworth Esq. to the British Museum, 20 May 1895.
- Former External References:
- P. Petrie I. 9
- Former Internal References:
- P. Lond. Lit. 112
- Administrative Context:
- Gurob, Egypt
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript:
- Publications:
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John Pentland Mahaffy, The Flinders Petrie Papyri. With transcriptions, commentaries, and index. (Dublin: 1891), no. 9.
Hermann Diels, [Vorlesung ueber die Ausgabe der Flinders Petrie Papyri], Sitzungsberichte der Koniglich preussischen Akademte der Wissenschaften 39 (1891), p. 837.
Friedrich Blass, 'Mitteilungen aus Papyrushandschriften', Jahrbuch für klassischen Philologie, 145 (1892), pp. 571-580.
Catalogue of the Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1894-1899, (London: British Museum, 1901, 500.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum, London 1927, p. 86, no. 112.
Irene Pajón Leyra, 'Reconstructing the First Steps of Hellenistic Ethnography: the Nomima Barbarika of P. Lond. Lit 112 Reconsidered', Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 61 (2015), pp. 235-275.
Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth, ed. by Richard Stoneman (London: British Library, 2022), p. 33, no. 9.
- Exhibitions:
- Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth, British Library, London, 21 October 2022 - 19 February 2022
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)