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Papyrus 2057
- Record Id:
- 040-002105426
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00012e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470677.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2057
- Title:
- Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei 60–5, 68–71; In Verrem 2.1.1–4, 7–9; 2.2, 12; Pro Caelio 26–49, 51–5 (P.Oxy. VIII 1097, P.Oxy. X 1251, P.Lond.Lit. 143, TM 59458)
- Scope & Content:
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The fragmentary papyrus codex contains a collection of Cicero’s speeches: the surviving fragments match with De Imperio Cn. Pompei 60–5, 68–71; In Verrem 2.1.1–4, 7–9; 2.2, 12; Pro Caelio 26–49, 51–5. The uniqueness of the codex resides both in its content and text (Klotz 1914; P.Oxy. VIII: 153–4; X: 142–3). In fact, the codex is now part of the Ciceronian recensio. Also, the three speeches are not transmitted together in any other Ciceronian codex. This prompts to the hypothesis that the selection was made according to personal criteria. More specifically, this codex is possibly a private copy written by a Greek-speaking scribe, who at the same time can perhaps be identified with the user of the book (Sánchez-Ostiz 2013: 148–9, 151).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105426 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2057 : Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei 60–5, 68–71; In Verrem 2.1.1–4, 7–9; 2.2, 12; Pro Caelio 26–49, 51–5 (P.Oxy. VIII 1097,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1284]/040-002105426
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragments from a papyrus codex, additional fragments of which are now in Cologne, Papyrussammlung (inv. P. 2554). The text is arranged in a layout not particularly elegant. Each page of the original codex measured 300 x 230 mm, with a written space 170 mm wide and a variable height of c. 230 mm. The number of lines per page (65–9) is remarkable and unparalleled. Two of the preserved speeches are separated by an explicit/incipit, partly preserved. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470677.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0375
- End Date:
- 0425
- Date Range:
- late 4th century-early 5th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Largest fragment: 283 x 226; housed in a glass frame measuring 320 x 610 mm.
Script: The script is a cursive semi-uncial formed, consisting in unusually small letters and datable between the end of the 4th and the beginning of the 5th century AD (Ammirati 2015: 55, 56, 67, 87; differently Cavallo 2008: 171 proposed a dating to the 4th century AD). Initial letters are often enlarged, while letters at the end of the lines usually have ornamental extensions. Abbreviations are frequent, although used unsystematically and inconsistently. Middle points added by the scribe and blank spaces indicate pauses. The scribe corrected the text through deletions or additions above the line while writing and possibly not collating another exemplar.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2040-2075 by the Egypt Exploration Fund on 3 September 1914.
- Former External References:
- CLA II 210
CPL 24 + 25
P.Lond.Lit. 143
P.Oxy. VIII 1097
P.Oxy. X 1251 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915 (London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1969), vol. I p. 478.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri VIII (London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1911), pp. 153–8, no. 1097.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri X (London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1914), pp. 142–61, no. 1251.
A. Klotz, ‘Mitteilungen der neue Ciceropapyrus’, BPhW 34 (1914): 955–60.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees, 1927), p. 121, no. 143.
D. Hagedorn, ‘Neue Bruchstücke aus dem Cicerokodex Pack² 2918 (De imp. Cn. Pomp. 62-65. 68-69; Verr. II 1, 1-3. 7-9)’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 4 (1969), 73–80.
B. Kramer, R. Hubner, Kölner Papyri I (Opladen: Westdeutscher, 1976), pp. 107–12, no. 49.
R. Seider, Paläographie der Lateinischen Papyri. II.1 Literarische Papyri (Stuttgart: A. Hiersemann, 1978), pl. xxvii.
G. Cavallo, La scrittura greca e latina dei papiri (Pisa: F. Serra, 2008).
A. Sánchez-Ostiz, ‘Cicero Graecus: Notes on Ciceronian Papyri from Egypt’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik187 (2013), 144–53.
S. Ammirati, Sul libro latino antico. Ricerche bibliologiche e paleografiche (Biblioteca degli Studi di Egittologia e Papirologia 12, Pisa–Roma: F. Serra, 2015).
Metadata provided by the PLATINUM project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement nº 636983), University of Naples 'Federico II'.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)