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Papyrus 884
- Record Id:
- 040-002105238
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000089
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463624.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 884
- Title:
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Rhetorical Exercise - Suasoria (P.Lond.Lit. 139, P.Lond. III 884 descr., TM 63526, LDAB 4735, MP3 2510)
- Scope & Content:
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Conclusion of a suasoria (a rhetorical exercise) urging resistance to Alexander; with end-title.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105238 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 884 : Rhetorical Exercise - Suasoria (P.Lond.Lit. 139, P.Lond. III 884 descr., TM 63526, LDAB 4735, MP3 2510) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0943]/040-002105238
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Larger fragment and three detached scraps from a papyrus roll, damaged by insect holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The upper parts of two columns are preserved; the column width is 53 mm; the intercolumn measures 14-17 mm and the upper margin 27 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463624.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 123 x 110 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 205 x 165 mm.
Script: Informal majuscule. With coronis and diple.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 885-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 884 descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 139 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xliii, no. 884 descr.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 118-119, no. 139.
A. Körte, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 10 (1932), pp. 114-160 (p. 221, no. 753).
R. Cribiore, Gymnastics of the Mind. Greek Education in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt (Princeton-Oxford: Princeton University Press 2001), p. 233.
R. Cribiore, ‘Education in the Papyri’, in R. S. Bagnall (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology (New York: Oxford University Press 2009), pp. 320-337 (p. 335, n. 20).
L. Pernot, Alexandre le Grand: les risques du pouvoir. Textes philosophiques et rhétoriques (Paris: Les Belles Lettres 2013), pp. 141-142.
A. Stramaglia, ‘Temi ‘sommersi’ e trasmissione dei testi nella declamazione antica (con un regesto di papiri declamatorî)’, in L. Del Corso, F. De Vivo, A. Stramaglia (eds.), Nel segno del testo. Edizioni, materiali e studi per O. Pecere. Papyrologica Florentina 44 (Firenze: Gonnelli 2015), pp. 147-178 (p. 169, no. 7).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)