Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Papyrus 747
- Record Id:
- 040-002105136
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003cd
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147462985.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 747
- Title:
-
Draft of a Proclamation to Ephebi (P.Oxy. I 42, P.Lond. III 747 descr., Chrest.Wilck. 154, Sel.Pap. II 238, TM 20703)
- Scope & Content:
-
Draft of a proclamation from Dioscorides, logistes (curator) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, with some corrections, concerning a contest of ephebi (youths) taking place the following day: the youths should do their outmost in the performances. Some blank space is followed by the date in a different hand and tachygraphic characters.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105136 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 747 : Draft of a Proclamation to Ephebi (P.Oxy. I 42, P.Lond. III 747 descr., Chrest.Wilck. 154, Sel.Pap. II 238, TM 20703) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0767]/040-002105136
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
An incomplete papyrus sheet written on both sides along the fibres, with only a couple of words on the back, lacking much of its left-hand side. Number 42 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. Housed in one glass case. Presumably a draft.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100147462985.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 323
- End Date:
- 323
- Date Range:
- 18 January 323
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 275 x 200 mm. Housed in one glass case measuring 325 x 225 mm.
Script: Large and thin upright hand; at the end smaller and more cursive hand, followed by tachygraphic characters.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 739-834 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in October 1900. Of these, papyri 739-814 form part of the discoveries made by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt on the site of the ancient Oxyrhynchus.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Wilck. 154
P.Lond. III 747 descr.
P.Oxy. I 42
Sel.Pap. II 238 - Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 438-439.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. I (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1898), pp. 87-89, no. 43.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. XXXI, no. 747 descr.
L. Mitteis, U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde I.2 (Leipzig-Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1912), p. 182, no. 154.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1913), p. 312.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 92.
A. S. Hunt, C. C. Edgar, Select Papyri II. Non-Literary Papyri (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 1934), pp. 142-143, no. 238.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 129.
V.Mariangela, Feste pubbliche e private nei documenti greci (Testi e Documenti per lo studio dell'Antichità VIII = Serie papirologica I) (Milano: Istituto Editoriale Cisalpino 1964), p. 122, no. 122.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1964), p. 57.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 126.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 141.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)