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Papyrus 3053
- Record Id:
- 040-002915702
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025320077.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100142973795.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 3053
- Title:
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Drawing of a bear in the arena
- Scope & Content:
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Fragment of an illuminated papyrus, with an image depicting a bear (center) leaping at a pair of human legs (top left), and a brown circlet (top right) (P. Oxy. XXVII 2470; TM 68863).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Papyri Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002915702 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 3053 : Drawing of a bear in the arena - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0575]/040-002915702
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- One fragment of papyrus, mounted in glass, decoration on one side only.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100142973795.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 3rd century-6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Papyrus
Dimensions: 130 x 155 mm
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt (?Oxyrhynchus)
Provenance: Found at Oxyrhynchus among documents dating from the third century.
- Former External References:
- P. Oxy. XXVII 2470
- Source of Acquisition:
- Part of the collection of papyri (now Papyri 3036-3063) presented to the British Museum by the Egypt Exploration Society in November1962.
- Administrative Context:
- Egypt (?Oxyrhynchus)
- Information About Copies:
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Digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_3053]
- Publications:
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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Vol. XXVII, London 1962, p. 146, pl. 12.
T. C. Skeat, 'Papyri from Oxyrhynchus,' British Museum Quarterly 27 (1963), pp. 1-2.
Age of Spirituality, ed. K. Weitzmann, New York 1979, p. 95, no. 86.
A. Geyer, Die Genese narrativer Buchillustration, Frankfurt am Main 1989, p. 50.
U. Horak, Illuminierte Papyri, Pergamente und Papiere I, Vienna 1992, p. 239, no. 123.
Le tre vite del papiro di Artemidoro, ed. C. Gallazzi and S. Settis, Milan 2006, p. 290, no. 117.
- Exhibitions:
- Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)