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Papyrus 2294
- Record Id:
- 040-002105461
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000154
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124088.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2294
- Title:
- Fragment of a New Comedy (P.Lond. Lit. 92, TM 65781, LDAB 7035, MP3 1676)
- Scope & Content:
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The papyrus contains a fragment from a new comedy of unknown authorship. The bad preservation prevents a satisfactory comprehension of the scene in question. The change of speaker is indicated by paragraphus or, if in the middle of the line, by a colon. At line 13 a new act begins.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105461 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2294 : Fragment of a New Comedy (P.Lond. Lit. 92, TM 65781, LDAB 7035, MP3 1676) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1248]/040-002105461
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of the upper part of a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres. Part of the upper margin survives. Portions of two columns are preserved, the first having remains of 15, the second of 8 lines; mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124088.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0299
- End Date:
- -0200
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 135 x 140 mm, mounted in a glass case measuring 180 x 190 mm.
Script: Rather thick uncial hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2243-2304 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) through Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (b. 1857, d. 1934) on 9 July 1921. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan, Princeton University, Cornell University, the University of Geneva.
- Former External References:
- CGFP 274
P.Lond.Lit. 92
PGC 1056 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: The Trustees of the British Museum 1950), pp. 363-364.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 64-65, no. 92.
D. Del Corno, ‘I frammenti papiracei adespoti della Commedia Nuova’, American Studies in Papyrology, vol. VII, Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Papyrology (Toronto: Hakkert 1970), ed. D.H. Samuel, pp. 103-111 (pp. 104-105).
C. Austin, Comicorum Graecorum fragmenta in papyris reperta [CGFP] (Berlin-New York: De Gruyter 1973), no. 274.
C. Theodoridis, ‘Bemerkungen zu den griechischen Komikern’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 26 (1977), pp. 49-54 (p. 51).
R. Kassel, C. Austin, Poetae comici Graeci [PGC], vol. VIII (Berlin-New York: De Gruyter 1995), p. 350, no. 1056.
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)