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Papyrus 885
- Record Id:
- 040-002105239
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00008a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469472.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 885
- Title:
- Treatise on Literary Criticism or Attic Usage (P.Lond.Lit. 183, P.Lond. III 885 descr., TM 62518, LDAB 3699, MP3 2291)
- Scope & Content:
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Treatise on literary criticism or on Attic usage, perhaps by Phrynichus, arranged in rough alphabetical order and quoting Homer, Iliad III 229, and XVI 795, Odyssey XXII 5, Euripides, Bacchae 642, and Menander, Cecryphalus (fr. 242 K.-Th.).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105239 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 885 : Treatise on Literary Criticism or Attic Usage (P.Lond.Lit. 183, P.Lond. III 885 descr., TM 62518, LDAB 3699, MP3 2291) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0436]/040-002105239
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Six fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The fragments preserve parts of at least 6 columns. Fragment 1 bears portions of 2 columns, the second being better preserved, with the lower margin; fragment 2 contains parts of 2 columns and the lower margin; fragment 3 and fragment 6 join and preserve 2 columns, the first being very fragmentary, with further letters on the right margin; fragment 4 only bears a few letters from 4 lines; fragment 5 preserves a portion of one column. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469472.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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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: Fragments of varying size; largest fragment: 194 x 95 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 330 x 230 mm.
Script: Semi-cursive hand of medium size; punctuation by paragraphus.
- 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 885 descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 183 - 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. 885 descr.
H. Oldfather, The Greek Literary Texts from Greco-Roman Egypt (Madison: University of Wisconsin 1923), no. 779.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 150-153, no. 183.
A. Körte, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 10 (1932), p. 229.
M. Gronewald, ‘Bemerkungen zu Menander’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 93 (1992), pp. 17-23 (p. 21).
M. L. West, Studies in the Text and Transmission of the Iliad (München-Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2001), p. 137, no. w16.
C. Austin, ‘Les papyrus des Bacchantes et le PSI 1192 de Sophocle’, in C. Austin, G. Bastianini, A. Casanova (eds.), Euripide e i papiri. Atti del convegno internazionale di studi, Firenze, 10-11 giugno 2004 (Studi e Testi di Papirologia NS 7) (Firenze: Istituto papirologico G. Vitelli 2005), pp. 157-168 (p. 162).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)