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Papyrus 3051
- Record Id:
- 040-003418766
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100062567242.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125967.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 3051
- Title:
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Plato, Politicus 257B, 261D-262C (P.Oxy. XXVII 2468, TM 62590, LDAB 3774, MP3 1396)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragments from Plato’s Politicus, from the same manuscript as P.Oxy. LXXVI 5089 (Sackler Library, inv. no. 85/81(b)), to the upper part of which fragment 2 connects. Fragment 2 contains the beginning of the dialogue (Politicus 257B) and presumably belonged to the first column of the roll, fragment 1 contains Politicus 261D-262B and fragment 3 Politicus 262B-C. The fragment in Oxford, connected to fragment 2, contains 257B-258A.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003418766 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 3051 : Plato, Politicus 257B, 261D-262C (P.Oxy. XXVII 2468, TM 62590, LDAB 3774, MP3 1396) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0664]/040-003418766
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Three fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and named 1-3 inside the frame. Fragment 1 is the largest, and contains remains of three columns (the third only having a few traces), possibly parts of the 12th, 13th and 14th columns of the roll. The upper and side margins survive to approximately 2 cm. Fragment 2 was part of the first column of the roll and connects to the upper part of P.Oxy. LXXVI 5089 (Sackler Library, inv. no. 85/81(b)). The average number of letters per line was 17. Housed in one glass case.
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0050
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 1st-2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragment 1: 180 x 125 mm; fragment 2: 55 x 50 mm; fragment 3: 45 x 30 mm; housed in one glass case measuring 265 x 190 mm.
Script: Upright formal round with decorative serifs and minimal shading, carefully executed; lectional marks and punctuation occur, with high and low dots, two dots to indicated change of speakers, filler markers, diplai. A variant reading occurs in the margin of fragment 1, column 2.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 3036-3063 by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Society on 10 November 1962.
- Former External References:
- P.Oxy. XXVII 2468
- Publications:
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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. XXVII (London: Egypt Exploration Society 1962), pp. 138-141, no. 2468.
G. Cavallo, Il calamo e il papiro : la scrittura greca dall'età ellenistica ai primi secoli di Bisanzio. Papyrologica Florentina 36 (Firenze: Gonnelli 2005), pp. 153-154.
M. Tulli, ‘POxy 2468: Plt. 257b4-262c3’, in Corpus dei papiri filosofici (CPF) 1.1*** (Firenze: L. S. Olschki 1999), pp. 289-293, no. 80.57.
Corpus dei papiri filosofici (CPF) 4.2 (Firenze: L. S. Olschki 2002), pl. 192.
K. McNamee, Annotations in Greek and Latin texts from Egypt (Oakville, Conn.: American Society of Papyrologists 2007), p. 351, no. 1396.M. Konstantinidou, ‘Identifying Hands: Same Book or Same Scribe? A Case Study of Some Plato Papyri’, in T. Gagos, A. Hyatt, Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Papyrology : Ann Arbor, July 29-August 4, 2007 (Ann Arbor: Scholarly Publishing Office, The University of Michigan Library 2010), pp. 355-364.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. LXXVI (London: Egypt Exploration Society 2011), pp. 72-74, no. 5089.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)