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Papyrus 737
- Record Id:
- 040-002105124
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003c3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469299.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 737
- Title:
- Mathematical Table and Names (P.Rain.Unterricht 150, P.Lond. III 737 descr., TM 63312, LDAB 4518, MP3 2315.01)
- Scope & Content:
- School text with an addition table on one side, and names on the other side.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Papyri Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105124 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 737 : Mathematical Table and Names (P.Rain.Unterricht 150, P.Lond. III 737 descr., TM 63312, LDAB 4518, MP3 2315.01) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0431]/040-002105124
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two fragments of a papyrus sheet, medium-brown, with a dark stain at the bottom left; displaying minor abrasion in places and damage along the vertical folds, besides small insect holes in places; written on both sides. The front bears one column written along the fibres, with ample right margin. On the back, there are seven lines written against the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469299.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Left fragment: 68 x 41 mm; Right fragment: 135 x 142 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 195 x 205 mm.
cript: Upright, large hand, overall regular, somewhat thick; Verso: Thin and irregular hand; different hand in the last line.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 732, 736-738 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in February 1897.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 737 descr.
P.Rain.Unterricht 150 - 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. 543.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxx, no. 737 descr.
G. Zalateo, ‘Papiri scolastici’, Aegyptus 41 (1961), pp. 160-235 (p. 199, no. 334).
D. H. Fowler, ‘A Catalogue of Tables’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 75 (1988), pp. 273-280 (p. 279, no. 53).
H. Harrauer, P. J. Sijpesteijn, Neue Texte aus dem antiken Unterricht (Wien: In Kommission bei Verlag Brüder Hollinek 1985), no. 150, with pl. 69.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)