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Papyrus 2560
- Record Id:
- 040-002105556
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001d5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125034.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2560
- Title:
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Fragment from a Tragedy (P.Lond.Lit. 78, TM 63522, LDAB 4731, MP3 1712)
- Scope & Content:
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A fragment from an unknown tragedy, perhaps ‘Iphigenia in Aulis’, where a marriage and a sacrifice are mentioned.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105556 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2560 : Fragment from a Tragedy (P.Lond.Lit. 78, TM 63522, LDAB 4731, MP3 1712) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0542]/040-002105556
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus fragment, broken to the right and containing a column of 28 lines, the beginnings of which are preserved. The upper margin survives to 47 mm. Writing is along the fibres and the back is blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125034.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0175
- End Date:
- 0225
- Date Range:
- Late 2nd century - early 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 210 x 104 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 250 x 150 mm.
Script: Round medium-sized uncial of biblical type. Accents, apostrophe and high stop occur.
- 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. 78
- 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), pp. 57-58, no. 78, with plate V.
A. Körte, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 10 (1932), pp. 19-70 (pp. 53-54, no. 727).
A. J. Mette, Der verlorene Aischylos (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag 1963), pp. 96-98.
G. Cavallo, Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica (Firenze: Le Monnier 1967), pp. 32, 35, with plate 14.
R. Kannicht, B. Snell, Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta (TrGF) 2. Fragmenta adespota; Testimonia volumini 1 addend; Indices ad volumina 1 et 2 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1981), pp. 246-248, no. 663.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)