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Papyrus 2585
- Record Id:
- 040-002105582
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00022a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125084.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2585
- Title:
- Ulpian’s Ad edictum, book 45 (?) (TM 62938, LDAB 4130, MP3 2961) and Greek text (Unpublished)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto: Remains of two columns from a juridical work in Latin, likely Ulpian’s Ad edictum, book 45, which deals with the issue of the testamentary rights of Roman soldiers. The imperial measure(s) described in the text, in form of rescript, can be assigned to the emperor Hadrian.
Verso: Unpublished Greek document, dated in the mid-third century.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105582 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2585 : Ulpian’s Ad edictum, book 45 (?) (TM 62938, LDAB 4130, MP3 2961) and Greek text (Unpublished) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1357]/040-002105582
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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One main fragment and one scrap from a papyrus roll, further fragments of which have been identified in a Berlin papyrus (inv. 11533) and in a papyrus formerly published as P.Fay. 10 (Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. class. g. 5 (P)).
On the recto, the main fragment preserves two imperfect columns written in Latin along the fibres; the upper margin survives to 35 mm; the space between the columns is between 21 and 29 mm. On the back is the lower part of one column of a Greek text written across the fibres; the left margin measures up to 84 mm. Mounted in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125084.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 0213
- End Date:
- 0250
- Date Range:
- 213-250
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Larger fragment: 110 × 163 mm; scrap: 5 × 12 mm. Housed in one glass case measuring 160 x 212 mm.
Script: Recto: Calligraphic form of old Roman cursive, with larger letters at the beginning of the lines, some close to capital script (r). There is irregular use of accents in column 1, line 1 (divó and meó).
Verso: Rapid and small cursive hand with upright letters.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Theadelpheia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Theadelpheia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, 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:
- CLA II 249
CLA Suppl. 249
CLA VIII 249
CPL 71
P.Fay. 10 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), pp. 368-369.
R. Cavenaile, Corpus papyrorum Latinarum (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1958), no. 71.
E. A. Lowe, Codices Latini Antiquiores. A Palaeographical Guide to Latin Manuscripts prior to the Ninth Century, I-IX (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1934-1966, 1972), no. 249.
T. Honoré, Ulpian. Pioneer of Human Rights (Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), pp. 158-176.
A. Galimberti, Adriano e l’ideologia del principato (Centro di Ricerche e Documentazione sull’Antichità classica, Monografia 28), (Roma: L’Erma di Bretschneider 2007), pp. 95-122.
S. Ammirati, Sul libro latino antico. Ricerche bibliologiche e paleografiche (Biblioteca degli Studi di Egittologia e Papirologia, 12) (Pisa-Roma: Fabrizio Serra 2015), pp. 83-84.
J. F. Stagl, Das Soldatentestament unter den Soldatenkaisern, in U. Babusiax-A. Kolb (hrsg.), Das Recht der „Soldatenkaiser“. Rechtliche Stabilität in Zeiten politischen Umbruchs? (Berlin: De Gruyter 2015), pp. 110-112.
O. Salati, 'Questioni di diritto militare in un inedito papiro londinese: P.Lond. inv. 2585 r. e P.Fay. 10 + P.Berol. inv. 11533', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 205 (2018), pp. 228-246.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)