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Papyrus 3047
- Record Id:
- 040-003418835
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100062644543.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125874.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 3047
- Title:
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Hyperides (?), Forensic Speech (P.Oxy. XXVII 2464, TM 61287, LDAB 2429, MP3 2499)
- Scope & Content:
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Three fragmentary columns with part of a speech from the Attic law-courts concerning a case of inheritance: Demeas, appointed as guardian of Demostratus’ grandchild, is being prosecuted by the latter. Possibly a speech by Hyperides.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003418835 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 3047 : Hyperides (?), Forensic Speech (P.Oxy. XXVII 2464, TM 61287, LDAB 2429, MP3 2499) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0666]/040-003418835
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Four papyrus fragments, three of which fit together, forming a composite fragment, written on one side along the fibres and preserving portions of three columns: the upper fragment, which is the largest, has few remains of the first column and the upper part of the second and third; the lower fragment contains the ends of the second and third columns. Upper and lower margin survive to approximately 3 and 4 cm respectively; the intercolumnium is 1.5 cm, and each column has an average of 10-15 letters, being approximately 4.5 cm wide. Housed in one glass case.
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- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125874.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Upper fragment: 170 x 160 mm; Lower fragment: 170 x 120 mm; housed in one glass case measuring 390 x 220 mm.
Script: Severe style. - 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 2466
- Publications:
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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. XXVII (London: Egypt Exploration Society 1962), pp. 110-118, no. 2464.
H. Lloyd-Jones, ‘Reviewed Work: The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Part 27 by E. G. Turner, John Rae, L. Koenen, José Maria Fernandez Pomar’, Gnomon 35 (1963), pp. 433-455 (pp. 450-453).
E. V. Maltese, ‘Annotazioni in margine al P.Oxy. 2464 (Iperide?)’, Rivista di Filologia e di Istruzione Classica 105 (1977), pp. 273-284.
D. Whitehead, Hypereides: The Forensic Speeches (Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press 2000), pp. 474-475.
L. Del Corso, ‘Lo ‘stile severo’ nei P.Oxy.: una lista’, Aegyptus 86 (2006), pp. 81-106 (p. 86).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Hyperides
- Places:
- Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt