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Papyrus 2468
- Record Id:
- 040-002105501
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00017c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2468
- Title:
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Hyperides(?), Pro Lycophrone (P.Oxy. XIII 1607, P.Lond.Lit. 135, TM 61285, LDAB 2427, MP3 2500)
- Scope & Content:
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A speech in defense of Lycophron assigned to Hyperides, different from the one preserved by Papyri 108 and 115. Lycophron was accused of adultery with a woman whose husband was ill and had allegedely dug a hole in the wall that divided his house from hers. The third person is used throughout the speech.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105501 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2468 : Hyperides(?), Pro Lycophrone (P.Oxy. XIII 1607, P.Lond.Lit. 135, TM 61285, LDAB 2427, MP3 2500) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0685]/040-002105501
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragments of varying size of a papyrus roll, mounted on cardboard in three glass cases named Papyrus 2468(1), Papyrus 2468(2), and Papyrus 2468(3). Portions of at least ten columns are preserved; each column contained 39-40 lines, and each line had an average of 13-15 letters. Writing is on one side along the fibres. Corrections were made by the original scribe and possibly also by a second hand. The intercolumn measures 20 mm; the upper (see Papyrus 2468(2)) and lower margins (see Papyrus 2468(1)) survive to 35 mm and 30 mm respectively. Papyrus 2468(3) contains the unplaced fragments numbered from 13 to 47 alongside two other scraps without numbers.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 2nd century-3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Height of the roll: 275 mm; housed in three glass cases named Papyrus 2468(1), Papyrus 2468(2), and Papyrus 2468(3), measuring 320 x 295 mm.
Script: Severe style. High stops, line filling signs and occasional diaereses are employed. One accent and mark of elision occur. Iota adscript is written. A second hand may be responsible of some of the corrections.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 2435-2485 by the Egypt Exploration Society on 18 July 1922.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 135 descr.
P.Oxy. XIII 1607 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 366.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XIII (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1919), pp. 74-87, no. 1607.
A. Körte, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 10 (1932), pp. 114-160 (pp. 158-160 no. 606).
A. Körte, ‘Die Zeitbestimmung von Hypereides' Rede für Lykophron’, Hermes 58 (1923), pp. 230-237.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 136-137, no. 135 descr.
G. Colin, Hyperides. Discours (Paris: Bude 1946), pp. 118-119, and passim.
S. C. Humphreys, ‘Kinship Patterns in the Athenian Courts’, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 27 (1986), pp. 57-91 (p. 80).
L. Rubinstein, Litigation and Cooperation: Supporting Speakers in the Courts of Classical Athens (Stuttgart: Steiner 2000), pp. 34-35.
D. Whitehead, Hypereides: The Forensic Speeches (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000), pp. 79, 81, 83, 86-89, and passim.
I. Worthington, C. Cooper, E. M. Harris, Dinarchus, Hyperides, and Lycurgus (Austin: University of Texas Press 2001), pp. 69-71, 78-79.
D. D. Phillips, ‘Why Was Lycophron Prosecuted by Eisangelia?’, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 46 (2006), pp. 375-394 (pp. 376, 381, and passim).
W. A. Johnson, H. N. Parker, Ancient Literacies: The Culture of Reading in Greece and Rome (Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press 2009), p. 249.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Hyperides
- Places:
- Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt