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Papyrus 2397
- Record Id:
- 040-002105464
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000156
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124188.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2397
- Title:
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Medical Treatise on Bones (P.Lond.Lit. 167, TM 65574, LDAB 6825, MP3 2358), and Medical Astrology (P.Lond.Lit. 172, TM 64090, LDAB 5308, MP3 2055)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Lond.Lit. 167, TM 65574, LDAB 6825, MP3 2358): A medical treatise, describing the tarsus and its articulations. Assigned to the first century BCE or first century CE.
Verso (P.Lond.Lit. 172, TM 64090, LDAB 5308, MP3 2055): Astrological treatise, assigned to the third century, dealing with mental illness. The same text from a different manuscript is contained in a papyrus codex of the Erlangen Universität inventoried as 129 (P.Erl. 14).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105464 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2397 : Medical Treatise on Bones (P.Lond.Lit. 167, TM 65574, LDAB 6825, MP3 2358), and Medical Astrology (P.Lond.Lit. 172, TM 64090, LDAB… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0714]/040-002105464
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus fragment, preserving portions of two columns on either side, written along the fibres on the front and across them on the back.
On the front parts of 15 lines for both columns are preserved; each line contained an average of 20-27 letters. The upper margin survives to 70 mm and the intercolumn measures 23 mm. A sheet-join runs across the fibres at approximately 42 mm from the left edge.
On the back, the first column is broken at the top and bottom and only preserves the ends of 17 lines, with blank space between lines 11 and 12. The second column is better preserved, although broken at the bottom and right, and contains 27 lines. The upper margin survives to 20 mm; the intercolumn measures 35 mm. A thinner pen was used from column 2, line 7.
The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124188.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0099
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 1st century BCE - 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 172 x 115 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 225 x 170 mm.
Script: Recto: Rather large upright compressed uncial hand. Verso: Thickish cursive hand, employing abbreviations and diaeresis.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 2305-2434 from Dr. Kondilios in July 1921.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 167
P.Lond.Lit. 172 - Publications:
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Catalogue of the Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 364.
Recto
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 134-135, no. 167.
A. Körte, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 10 (1932), p. 235, no. 779.
M.-H. Marganne, Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de médecine (Genève: Librairie Droz 1981), pp. 189-190, no. 104.
M.-H. Marganne, ‘Une description des os du tarse: P.Lit.Lond 167’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 24 (1987), pp. 23-34.
G. Cavallo, Il calamo e. il papiro. La scrittura greca dall'età ellenistica ai primi secoli di Bisanzio (Papyrologica Florentina XXXVI) (Firenze: Gonnelli 2005), pp. 119-120.
Verso:
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 138-139, no. 172.
A. Körte, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 10 (1932), p. 235, no. 780.
W. Schubart, Die Papyri der Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen (Leipzig: O. Harrassowitz 1942), pp. 19-22.
O. Neugebauer, H. B. Van Hoesen, ‘Astrological Papyri and Ostraca: Bibliographical Notes’, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 108 (1964), pp. 57-72 (pp. 59-60, no. 114).
M.-H. Marganne, Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de médecine (Genève: Librairie Droz 1981), pp. 194-195, no. 108.
K. McNamee, Abbreviations in Greek Literary Papyri and Ostraca (Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists. Supplement 3) (Ann Arbor: The American Society of Papyrologists 1981) pp. XXVI, 46 and passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)