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Papyrus 1707
- Record Id:
- 040-002105338
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000db
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470402.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1707
- Title:
- Fragment of a Play (P.Lond.Lit. 84, TM 63511, LDAB 4720, MP3 1721)
- Scope & Content:
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Portions of iambic verses from an unknown play, presumably a tragedy. Division between lines 20 and 21 may mark the beginning of a new scene.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105338 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1707 : Fragment of a Play (P.Lond.Lit. 84, TM 63511, LDAB 4720, MP3 1721) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1200]/040-002105338
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a light-brown papyrus, broken off on all sides; with insect-holes and surface damage; the writing runs on one side, and the back is blank. On the front, there survive the central portions of 27 lines from one column, written along the fibres. No margin is extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470402.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- 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: 130 x 57 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 105 mm.
Script: Small semi-cursive hand. No accents or breathings.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: 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.Lond. V 1813 descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 84 - 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.
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum, 1917), p. 263, no. 1813 descr.
Herbert J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 60-1, no. 84.
Richard Kannicht, Bruno Snell, Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta (TrGF) 2: Fragmenta Adespota (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht 1981), p. 239, no. 657.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)