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Papyrus 1778
- Record Id:
- 040-002105354
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000e9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470514.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1778
- Title:
- Account and History of Alexander (P.Lond.Lit. 115, TM 63117, LDAB 4321, MP3 2200)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto: Fragment of an account, unpublished.
Verso: Fragment of a prose literary work on Alexander the Great, mentioning his general Craterus.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105354 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1778 : Account and History of Alexander (P.Lond.Lit. 115, TM 63117, LDAB 4321, MP3 2200) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1203]/040-002105354
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment from a medium-brown papyrus, complete at the bottom and right (front); written on both sides. The front contains portions of 4 lines from the foot of a column, written along the fibres. The back bears 7 imperfect lines from the foot of a column written across the fibres; the lower margin is extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470514.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0000
- End Date:
- 0099
- Date Range:
- 1st century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 90 x 104 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 140 x 155 mm.
Script: Recto: Rapid cursive hand. Verso: Medium-sized upright and regular semi-cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1757-1786 from Ali Abd-el-Haj on 12 October 1907.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1815 descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 115 - 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. 312.
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, V (London: British Museum, 1917), p. 264, no. 1815 descr.
Herbert J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1927), pp. 89-90, no. 115.
Luisa Prandi, Corpus dei papiri storici greci e latini. A.2.9. I papiri e le storie di Alessandro Magno (Pisa-Roma: Fabrizio Serra, 2010), pp. 43-45, no. 6F.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)