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Papyrus 2558
- Record Id:
- 040-002105554
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001d3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125026.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2558
- Title:
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Account or Property List and Love Recipes (P.Lond.Lit. 171, Suppl.Mag. II 83, TM 64091, LDAB 5309)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto: Account or list of property, unpublished.
Verso: Two recipes separated by paragraphoi, one, consisting of excrement of swallow and honey, is possibly concerned with sexual intercourse; the second is an aphrodisiac potion consisting of vegetables and wine to be drunk on an empty stomach.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105554 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2558 : Account or Property List and Love Recipes (P.Lond.Lit. 171, Suppl.Mag. II 83, TM 64091, LDAB 5309) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0540]/040-002105554
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Light-brown papyrus fragment, with wormholes throughout. Writing is on either side: the front contains the beginning of 9 lines written along the fibres, with the left margin extant; the text on the back, running across the fibres, is complete, although imperfect in the top left corner. The top margin measures 23 mm, the bottom one 54 mm. Housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125026.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 145 x 96 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 195 x 145 mm.
Script: Recto: Upright cursive of fair size; Verso: Large upright uncial hand with cursive elements. Paragraphoi occur between lines 4 and 5 and at the end to separate the recipes.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 2556-2647 in November 1924, as part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan, Columbia University, Princeton University, New York University, Wilfred Merton (b. 1888, d. 1957), and Alfred Chester Beatty (b. 1875, d. 1968); acquired from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948).
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 171
Suppl.Mag. II 83 - 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. 369.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 137, no. 171.
V. Gazza, ‘Prescrizioni mediche nei papiri dell’Egitto Greco-romano’, Aegyptus 35 (1955), pp. 86-110 (p. 95).
M.-H. Marganne, Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de médecine (Genève: Librairie Droz 1981), p. 193, no. 107, and p. 406.
R. W. Daniel, F. Montanari, Supplementum Magicum. Vol. II (Suppl. Mag. II) (Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag 1992), pp. 170-171, no. 83.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)