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Papyrus 1525
- Record Id:
- 040-002105306
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000bd
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143122912.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1525
- Title:
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Antiphanes, Anthropogonia (P.Lond.Lit. 87, P.Oxy. III 427, CGFP *3, PCG II 34, TM 59131, LDAB 226, MP3 90) and Lines from a Document
- Scope & Content:
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Recto: Two documentary lines and a third one, possibly obliterated, at the bottom.
Verso: Antiphanes, ‘Creation of Humankind’ (Anthropogonia). Ends of three lines in iambic trimeter or trochaic tetrameter at the conclusion of a drama. The sentiment expressed is along the lines of, ‘if you applaud my play, you shall all prosper.’ A brief subscription follows identifying the author as [Anti]phanes and title [Anthro]pogonia.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105306 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1525 : Antiphanes, Anthropogonia (P.Lond.Lit. 87, P.Oxy. III 427, CGFP *3, PCG II 34, TM 59131, LDAB 226, MP3 90) and Lines from a Document - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0809]/040-002105306
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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A papyrus fragment bearing writing on both sides. On the recto there are three lines written along the fibres, with a large blank space between lines 2-3. The verso preserves three concluding verses with a subscription, written against the fibres. Mounted in glass.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143122912.0x000001 (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: 99 x 68 mm, mounted in a glass case measuring 155 x 122 mm.
Script: Recto: Cursive hand; Verso: Square sloping uncial hand, with no decoration.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1523-1544 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in November 1906.
- Former External References:
- CGFP *3
P.Lond.Lit. 87
P.Oxy. III 427
PCG II 34 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1907 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 309.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri III (London: Egyptian Exploration Fund 1903), pp. 68, 73, no. 427.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 62, no. 87 (with additional bibliography).
J. M. Edmonds, The Fragments of Attic Comedy. Volume II. Middle Comedy (Leiden: Brill 1959), pp. 175-6, fr. 32A.
I. Demiańczuk, Supplementum Comicum (Krakow: Nakladem Akad. Umiejetn. 1912; repr. Hildesheim: Olms 1967), p. 8, fr. 1.
C. Austin, Comicorum Graecorum Fragmenta in papyris reperta (Berlin: De Gruyter 1973), p. 2, no. *3.
R. Kassel , C. Austin (eds.), Poetae Comici Graeci. Volume II. Agathenor—Aristonymus, (Berlin: De Gruyter 1991), p. 327 fr. 34.
Metadata provided by the 2018 Heidelberg Research Webinar on BL Greek Papyri, funded by the MWK Baden-Württemberg and taught by R. Ast and L. Berkes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)