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Papyrus 1847(A-C)
- Record Id:
- 040-002105385
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000106
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123347.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1847(A-C)
- Title:
- (Pseudo-)Lucian, Lucius sive asinus (P.Lond.Lit. 194, TM 61437, LDAB 2582, MP3 1284.4) and History or Novel? (P.Lond.Lit. 116, TM 64452, LDAB 5676, MP3 2253)
- Scope & Content:
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Left fragment: A (P.Lond.Lit. 194, TM 61437, LDAB 2582, MPk3 1284.4: Containing a portion of the novel Lucius sive asinus, 47, 2-7, 4th c.).
Right fragments: B-C (P.Lond.Lit. 116, TM 64452, LDAB 5676, Mertens-Pack3 2253): Fragments of unknown literary texts in prose, perhaps history or novel.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105385 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1847(A-C) : (Pseudo-)Lucian, Lucius sive asinus (P.Lond.Lit. 194, TM 61437, LDAB 2582, MP3 1284.4) and History or Novel? (P.Lond.Lit. 116,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0824]/040-002105385
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Mounted in glass; three codex-fragments, two of which belong together, written on both sides.
A: Dark parchment, the recto shows the left side of a column, the right side is broken off; the verso has the right side of a column.
B-C: Two smaller fragments on lighter parchment of the same codex.
B: Broken off at the top, bottom and right, 21 lines fragmentarily preserved on the recto, 20 on the verso.
C: Broken off at the top, 4 complete and 3 fragmentary lines preserved on the recto, 3 complete and 5 fragmentary lines on the verso.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123347.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: A: 135 x 45 mm; B: 100 x 35 mm; C: 60 x 70 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 220 x 190 mm.
Script: Rather small uncial hand. Written on both sides. Columns (c. 3,7 cm wide) are marked by ruled lines. Minute angular signs at the end of the lines of fragment c, ll. 46, 47, 48, 55.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Fayum, Egypt. Found in the frame of Papyrus 113.2 (21 August 1886), which had been purchased from Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) on 13 July 1878. Accesioned in 1909.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 116
P.Lond.Lit. 194 - 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.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927) pp. 90-91, no. 116, pp. 160-161, no. 194.
A. Körte, 'III. Referate. Literarische Texte mit Ausschluss der christlichen', Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 10 (1932), p. 70, no. 473.
J. U. Powell, New Chapters in the History of Greek Literature. Third Series. Some Recent Discoveries in Greek Poetry and Prose of the Classical and Later Periods (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1933), pp. 150-51.
F. Zimmermann, Griechische Roman-Papyri und verwandte Texte (Heidelberg: Bilabel 1936), no. 13.
E. Reggers, Catalogus van de Griekse letterkundige papyrusteksten uitgegeven in de jaren 1922-1938 (Leuven 1942), no. 207.
L. Giabbani, Testi letterari greci di provenienza egiziana (1920-1945) (Firenze: Ariani 1947), no. 877.
R. A. Pack, The Greek and Latin Literary Texts from Greco-Roman Egypt (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press 1952), no. 2063.
R. A. Pack, The Greek and Latin Literary Texts from Greco-Roman Egypt. 2. rev. and enlarged ed. (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press 1965), no. 2637.
J. Lenaerts, ‘Fragment de parchemin du Lucius ou l'Âne: P. Lit. Lond. 194’, Chronique d'Égypte 49 (1974), pp. 115-120.
E. G. Turner, The Typology of the Early Codex (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1977), p. 372, p. 413.
M. Laplace, ‘Sur un passage de l'Âne du Ps. Lucien. Lucien, Lucius ou l'Âne, 47, Σΐτου ou Ὄψου?’, Revue des Études Grecques 92 (1979), pp. 555-556.
S. A. Stephens, J. J. Winkler, Ancient Greek Novels. The Fragments. Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary (Princeton: Princeton University Press 1994), p. 472.
G. Cavallo, ‘Veicoli materiali della letteratura di consumo. Maniere di scrivere e maniere di leggere’, in O. Pecere (ed.), La letteratura di consumo nel mondo greco-latino. Atti del convegno internazionale, Cassino, 14-17 settembre 1994 (Cassino: Università degli studi di Cassino 1996), p. 16.
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)