Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??

Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

Papyrus 2723

Record Id:

040-002105656

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002104451

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0002b0

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147468301.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Papyrus 2723

Title:

Report, perhaps for police action (ChLA III 218 + XLII 1225, CPL 121, TM 70017), and Treatise on Grammar (P.Lond.Lit. 184, TM 63851, LDAB 5065, MP³ 2996)

Scope & Content:

Recto (TM 70017): This report details actions of uncertain nature, apparently taken by centurions according to orders of an unknown official. Each action is recorded by consulships and prefects of Egypt.

Verso (TM 63851): This is the oldest example of a Latin treatise on grammar amongst papyri and manuscripts. It preserves the analysis of an unknown grammarian of the eight parts of the speech and a discussion on the formation of the syllables. The identity of the author has been debated. The text is of interest also for the reference to Greek theories on grammar, the etymological explanations of grammatical terms and the use of second-person singular and first-person plural.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002104451
040-002105656

Is part of:

Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri

Papyrus 2723 : Report, perhaps for police action (ChLA III 218 + XLII 1225, CPL 121, TM 70017), and Treatise on Grammar (P.Lond.Lit. 184, TM…

Hierarchy:

032-002104451[1262]/040-002105656

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Fragment from a brown papyrus roll, broken off on all sides; written on both sides; on the front, there are portions of three columns written along the fibres of 9, 10 and 5 lines respectively; the second is the best preserved. The verso was turned at 180° and reused; the text on the back is arranged in columns 75 mm wide, containing at least 23 lines each. The intercolumn measures 35 mm. The only extant margins are the upper and lower ones (72 mm each). When complete, the roll was at least [28.5] cm high. Another fragment of the same roll is P.Mich. VII 429. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

Digitised Content:

http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468301.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)

Thumbnail:

Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

0100

End Date:

0299

Date Range:

2nd century-3rd century

Era:

Access:

Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.

User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Papyrus.

Dimensions: 182 x 175 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 220 x 245 mm.

Script: Recto: Bureaucratic and upright form of ancient Roman cursive, with some capital elements. The initial letters are usually enlarged. A second hand added some abbreviated notations in a more cursive and smaller cursive script. Verso: Uncial. Medial dots are used to isolate grammatical elements and concepts, sometimes together with a raised horizontal line.

Custodial History:

Origin: Recto: Probably written in the West.

Provenance: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Since P.Mich. VII 447 was found during the University of Michigan’s excavations in Karanis (1925-1926), Papyrus 2723 likely comes from the same context. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 2722-2740 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) in September 1925. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan and Wilfred Merton (b. 1888, d. 1957).

Former External References:

CLA II + XI 212
CPL 121
ChLA III 218
ChLA III 218 + XLII 1225
P.Lond.Lit. 184

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: Trustees of British Museum 1950), p. 370.

Recto

J. Mallon, R. Marichal, Ch. Perrat, L’écriture latine de la capitale romaine à la minuscule (Paris: Art et métier graphiques 18, 1939), plate xxviii no. 40.

J. F. Gilliam, ‘Review of Latin Papyri in the University of Michigan Collection by Henri H. Sanders’, American Journal of Philology 71 (1951), 432-438 (p. 435)

R. Marichal, Chartae Latinae Antiquiores. Facsimile-Edition of the Latin Charters, III Great Britain 1 (Lausanne: Urs Graf 1963), p. 117-119, no. 218

R. O. Fink, ‘P.Mich. VII 447’, American Journal of Archaeology 68 (1964), 297-299

R. O. Fink, Roman Military Records on Papyrus. The American Philological Association, Monograph 26 (Cleveland: Case Western Reserve University 1971), p. 9

R. Seider, Paläographie der lateinischen Papyri, Bd. I Urkunden (Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann 1972), pp. 86-87, no. 35

T. Dorandi et al., Chartae Latinae Antiquiores. Facsimile-Edition of the Latin Charters, XLII Addenda (Dietikon-Zurich: Urs Graf Verlag 1997), pp. 61-65, no. 1225

T. Dorandi et al., Chartae Latinae Antiquiores. Facsimile-Edition of the Latin Charters, XLVIII Corrigenda (Dietikon-Zurich: Urs Graf Verlag 1997), p. 26 no. 218

Verso

J. H. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees of the British Museum 1927), pp. 153–4 no. 184.

J. Collart, ‘Palémon et l’Ars grammatica’, Revue Philologique 12 (1938), 228–389.

J. E. Dunlap, ’Fragments of a Latin Grammar from Egypt’, American Journal of Philology 61 (1940), 330–44.

J. E. Dunlap, in H. Sanders, Michigan Papyri. Vol. VII: Latin Papyri (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1947), pp. 2–9.

R. Seider, Paläographie der Lateinischen Papyri. II.1 Literarische Papyri (Stuttgart: A. Hiersemann, 1978).

A. Wouters, The Grammatical Papyri from Graeco-Roman Egypt: Contributions to the Study of the ‘Ars grammatica’ in Antiquity (Brussels: Paleis der Academien, 1979), pp. 93–108.

H.-J. Martin – J. Vezin, Mise en page et mise en texte du livre manuscrit (Paris: Paris: Éditions du Cercle de la Librairie-Promodis, 1990), p. 44.

G. Calboli, ‘Grammatica e stilistica latina tra Varrone e Quintiliano’, in Latina Didaxis XXVIII. Francesco Della Corte e l’approccio globale con i classici (Atti del Convegno. Genova, 22 febbraio 2013) edited by S. Rocca (ed.), (Genova: Compagnia dei librai, 2013), pp. 31–54.

S. Ammirati, Sul libro latino antico. Ricerche bibliologiche e paleografiche. (Biblioteca degli Studi di Egittologia e Papirologia 12, Pisa–Roma: F. Serra, 2015).

M. C. Scappaticcio, Artes grammaticae in frammenti. I testi grammaticali latini e bilingui su papiro: edizione commentata (Berlin-New York: De Gruyter, 2015), pp. 93–143.

Metadata provided by the PLATINUM project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement nº 636983), University of Naples 'Federico II'.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Places:

Karanis, Egypt

Related Material:

Another fragment of the same roll is P.Mich. VII 429.