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Papyrus 113 (15)
- Record Id:
- 040-003355979
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038163250.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 113 (15)
- Title:
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Private Letter (SB III 7036, TM 36671), De Antidotis of Galen (GMP I 3, TM 59960) and The Life of Secundus (P.Lond.Lit. 198, TM 64879)
- Scope & Content:
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113.15(a) (SB III 7036, SB I 5298, P.Lond. I 113.15(a)descr., TM 36671): A sixth- or seventh- century letter addressed to Georgius, well preserved, written across the fibres on a strip of papyrus and containing some instructions. Dated in the 5th indiction, Tybi 8. With address on the back.
113.15(b) (GMP I 3, CPF I.2.1 14 1, P.Lond.Lit. 169, P.Lond. I 113.15(b)descr., TM 59960, LDAB 1072, MP3 456.21): Fragment of a leaf from a papyrus codex, written with metallic ink; the first side to be read is placed with the backs of the other papyri housed in the frame. The continuation is in a fragment in the Bodleian Library, inventoried as Bodl.Libr. inv. Gr.cl.g.69(P), which joins 113.15(b) below. The text, assigned to the sixth century, contains Galen, De Antidotis I 8-9.
113.15(c) (P.Lond.Lit. 198, P.Lond. I 113.15(C)descr., TM 64879, LDAB 6118, MP3 1541.201, 2640): A few broken lines containing the Life of the philosopher Secundus 68.13-70.3, followed by an illustration in ink, representing a scene from a banquet. The text is written transversa charta (at a 90 degree angle to fibres) and a sheet join (kollesis) is visible in the upper part of the papyrus from right to left, at c. 2.2 cm from top.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003355979 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 113 (15) : Private Letter (SB III 7036, TM 36671), De Antidotis of Galen (GMP I 3, TM 59960) and The Life of Secundus (P.Lond.Lit. 198,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0578]/040-003355979
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Three fragments of varying size from different texts (one document, two literary works), named ‘a-c’ inside the frame. Fragments a-b bear writing on both sides.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_113_(15) (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 6th-7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 113.15(a): 90 x 390 mm; 113.15(b): 80 x 55 mm; 113.15(c): 130 x 100 mm; housed in one glass case measuring 305 x 415 mm.
Script: 113.15(a): Sloping cursive; 113.15(b): Sloping book-hand of medium size;
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased with the other papyri housed in the frames labelled as Papyrus 113.1- Papyrus 113.17 from the Reverend Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) on 13 July 1878.
- Former External References:
- CPF I.2.1 14 1
GMP I 3
P.Lond. I 113.15descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 198
SB I 5298
SB III 7036 - Information About Copies:
- Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1876-1881 (London: British Museum, 1882), p. 280.
113.15(a)
Greek Papyri in the British Museum I (London: British Museum 1893), p. XVIII, no. 113.15(a) descr.
C. Wessely, ‘Griechische Papyri des British-Museum’, Wiener Studien. Zeitschrift für classische Philologie 12 (1890), pp. 81-97 (p. 87).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Aegypten I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1915), p. 557, no. 5298.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Aegypten III (Berlin-Leipzig: De Gruyter 1926), p. 193, no. 7036.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 187.
113.15(b)
Greek Papyri in the British Museum I (London: British Museum 1893), p. XVIII, no. 113.15(b) descr.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: The Trustees 1927), pp. 135-136, no. 169.
M.-H.Marganne, Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de médecine (Genève: Droz 1981.), p. 191, no. 105.
M. Gronewald, ‘Galen, De antidotis I in P. Lit. London 169’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 93 (1992), pp. 24-25.
R. Luiselli, ‘Galen, De antidotis I 9 (addendum to PLondLit 169)’, in Greek Medical Papyri I (Firenze: Istituto papirologico G. Vitelli 2001), pp. 37-49, no. 3.
113.15(c)
Greek Papyri in the British Museum I (London: British Museum 1893), p. XVIII, no. 113.15(c) descr.
A. Bauer, J. Strzygowski, Eine alexandrinische Weltchronik, Text und Miniaturen eines griechischen Papyrus der Sammlung W. Goleniščev. Denkschriften der Kaiselichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse 51 (1906), pp. 176-177.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: The Trustees 1927), p. 163, no. 198.
U. Horak, Illuminierte Papyri, Pergamente und Papiere I (Wien: Holzhausen 1992), p. 238, no. 115.
S. A. Stephens, J. J. Winkler, Ancient Greek Novels. The Fragments (Princeton: Princeton Univeristy Press 1995), p. 470.
M.P. Lopez Martinez, Fragmentos papiraceos de novela griega (Alicante: Universidad de Alicante, Secretariado de Publicaciones 1998), pp. 403-406.
G. Menci, ‘Frammento di ‘vita’ illustrata del filosofo Secondo (P.Lond.Lit. 198)’, in Papiri filosofici. Miscellanea di studi 6 (Firenze: Olschki 2011), pp. 183-192.
M. Stroppa, ‘L’uso di rotuli per testi cristiani di carattere letterario’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 59 (2013), pp. 347-358 (pp. 356-357).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)