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Papyrus 1825
- Record Id:
- 040-002105363
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000ef
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466529.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1825
- Title:
- Speech of an Athenian General (P.Hib. I 15, P.Lond.Lit. 136, TM 65729, LDAB 6983, MP3 2496)
- Scope & Content:
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Direct speech of an Athenian general, urging the Athenians to take action and mentioning the deeds at Marathon and Salamis. Attributed to Theopompus or rhetorical exercise. From mummy cartonnage; with decoration on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105363 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1825 : Speech of an Athenian General (P.Hib. I 15, P.Lond.Lit. 136, TM 65729, LDAB 6983, MP3 2496) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1209]/040-002105363
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Two portions of a papyrus roll with seven detached scraps named A-G in one frame, from mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres, and with mummy decoration on the back. On the front, portions of 6 columns remain, written along the fibres, covered with plaster residue; the column width is 60 mm; the lower margin survives. The detached fragments preserve few letters. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466529.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0299
- End Date:
- -0200
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size; largest: 297 x 263 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 260 x 535 mm.
Script: Careful, upright hand of medium size; with corrections by original scribe; paragraphus used to mark punctuation.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Ankyropolis (El-Hiba), Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El- Hibah), Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1821-1841 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in January 1909. They were extracted from mummy cartonnage obtained by Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) and Arthur Surridge Hunt (b. 1871, d. 1934) at Hibeh in 1902.
- Former External References:
- P.Hib. I 15
P.Lond.Lit. 136 - 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. 314.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, The Hibeh Papyri. Part I (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1906), pp. 55-61, no. 15, with pl. ii.
K. Jander, Oratorum Et Rhetorum Graecorum Fragmenta Nuper Reperta (Bonn: A Marcus und E. Weber’s Verlag 1913), pp. 31-33, no. 42.
F. Jacoby, Die Fragmente der griechischen historiker (Berlin: Weidmann 1926), 105 F 6.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees of the British Museum 1927), pp. 100-101, no. 136.
L. Del Corso, ‘Scritture 'formali' e scritture 'informali' nei "volumina" letterari da Al Hibah’, Aegyptus 84 (2004), pp. 33-100 (pp. 36, 46, 88 with pl.).
C. Biagetti, ‘Teopompo e i papiri, Teopompo nei papiri. Acquisizioni, rimaneggiamenti, attribuzioni’, in G. Ottone (ed.), HISTORIAI PARA DOXAN. Documenti greci in frammenti: nuove prospettive esegetiche. Atti dell’incontro internazionale di studigenova, 10-11 Marzo 2016 (Tivoli: Edizioni Tored 2017), pp. 137-177 (pp. 168-171).
C. Biagetti (ed.), Corpus dei papiri storici greci e latini. A.2.9.1. Teopompo (Pisa-Roma: Fabrizio Serra Editore 2019) pp. 13-29, no. 1 F, with pll. 1-3.
C. Biagetti, ‘Una menzione di Atena Ἀρχηγέτις in P.Hib. I 15 Note sull’epiteto e sul suo impiego ad Atene’, Kernos 32 (2019), pp. 29-48.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)