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Papyrus 1552
- Record Id:
- 040-002105329
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000d7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123031.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1552
- Title:
- Dioscorus of Aphrodito, Encomiastic Poems to Romanus (P.Aphrod.Lit. IV 4, P.Lond.Lit. 98, P.Lond. V 1817 descr., TM 59713, LDAB 817, MP3 348.02 = Pack 351 partim).
- Scope & Content:
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Iambic and hexameter encomiastic poems with titles, dedicated to Romanus and written by Dioscorus of Aphrodito. The second encomium is acrostic.
Column 1, lines 1–18: Romanus is praised for his fortune, his class, his faculty as a protector of the public and his ability to write pleasant speeches. The greatest portion of this column is contained in a papyrus held in the Institute of Papyrology in Sorbonne and published as P.Rein. II 82.
Column 2, lines 1–20: Romanus is praised for his eloquence and Dioscorus asks for his help.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105329 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1552 : Dioscorus of Aphrodito, Encomiastic Poems to Romanus (P.Aphrod.Lit. IV 4, P.Lond.Lit. 98, P.Lond. V 1817 descr., TM 59713, LDAB 817,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0812]/040-002105329
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Well-preserved fragment from a papyrus roll; writing is along the fibres on one side and two columns are preserved; of the first column only the ends of lines survive and its biggest portion is contained in a papyrus held in the Institute of Papyrology in Sorbonne and published as P.Rein. II 82. The second column is fully preserved. A sheet-joint is visible. Mounted in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123031.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 295 x 390 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 338 x 400 mm.
Script: Large and sloping uncial hand, carefully executed.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Antinoopolis, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito (Kom Ishgau), Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Aphrod.Lit. IV 4
P.Lond. V 1817 descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 98 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
J. Maspero, ‘Un dernier poète grec d’Égypte, Dioscore, fils d’Apollôs’, Revue des études grecques 24 (1911), pp. 426–481 (pp. 454–456).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), p. 264, no. 1817 descr.
A. Calderini, ‘Piccola letteratura di provincia nei papyri’, Aegyptus 2 (1921), pp. 137–154 (pp. 152–153 translation of the verses 18–38).
H. I. Bell, W. E. Crum, “A Greek-Coptic Glossary”, Aegyptus 6 (1925), pp. 177-226.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 68-70, no. 98.
R. Keydell, 'Ein iambischer Brief des Dioskoros von Aphrodito', Byzantinisch - Neugriechische Jahrbücher 10 (1934), 341–345.
P. Collart, “Les papyrus Théodore Reinach Vol. II”, Bulletin de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale 39 (1939), pp. 1–136 (pp. 19–22 P.Rein. II 82, transcription).
H. I. Bell, “An Egyptian Village in the Age of Justinian”, The Journal of Hellenic Studies 64 (1944), pp. 21–36 (p. 29 translation of the verses 18–38).
C. B. Welles, “Review of Collart”, American Journal of Philology 68 (1947), pp. 93-98.
E. Heitsch, Die griechischen Dichterfragmente der römischen Kaiserzeit (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1963), pp. 141-142, no XLII, 12 (transcription).
G. Cavallo, H. Maehler, Greek Bookhands of the Early Byzantine Period (London: University of London, Institute of Classical Studies 1987), no 32a (part of col. II and transcription of the verses 19–28).
L. S. B. MacCoull, Dioscorus of Aphrodito: His Work and His World (Berkeley: University of California Press 1988), pp. 69–72.
C. Kuehn, 'Dioskoros of Aphrodito and Romanos the Melodist', Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 27 (1990), pp. 103–107.
R. J. Schork, 'An Egyptian Encomium on Romanus the Melodist', XVIth Annual Byzantine Conference, Baltimore, 26-28 Oct. 1990 (unpublished).
P. van Minnen, 'Isocrates and Menander in Late Antique Perspective', Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 33 (1992), pp. 87-98 (edition, translation, and commentary of the verses 1–14).
J. L. Fournet, Hellénisme dans l'Égypte du VIe siècle. La bibliothèque et l'œuvre de Dioscore d'Aphrodité (MIFAO 115/1-2 Le Caire: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale 1999), pp. 378-380 no. IV 4 (P.Aphrod.Lit. II 2 transcription, translation, image).
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)