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Papyrus 2993
- Record Id:
- 040-003432660
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100069942885.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125764.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2993
- Title:
- Plato, Sophist 223-224 (P.Hib. II 228, CPF I.1.3 75, TM 62648, LDAB 3834, MP3 1395)
- Scope & Content:
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Papyrus containing portions of Plato, Sophist. Column 1 partially preserves Sophist 223e4–224a2, column 2 contains parts of 224b1-3.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003432660 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2993 : Plato, Sophist 223-224 (P.Hib. II 228, CPF I.1.3 75, TM 62648, LDAB 3834, MP3 1395) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0669]/040-003432660
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Two joining papyrus fragments, numbered 1 and 2 inside the frame, from mummy cartonnage; two columns of text from the lower part of a roll are preserved, with writing along the fibres on one side only; mounted in glass.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125764.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0299
- End Date:
- -0200
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragment 1: 85 x 75 mm; Fragment 2: 75 x 50 mm. Mounted in a glass case measuring 190 x 185 mm.
Script: Large uncial book hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El Hiba), Egypt. Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 2943-3035 by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Society on 9 April 1960.
- Former External References:
- CPF I.1.3 75
P.Hib. II 228 - Publications:
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The Hibeh Papyri II (London: Egyptian Exploration Society 1955), pp. 150-151 no. 228 (with Addendum).
E. G. Turner, ‘A Ptolemaic Scrap of Plato, Sophistes’, Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 98 (1955), pp. 97-98.
Corpus dei Papiri Filosofici Greci e Latini (CPF) Parte I: Autori Noti, Vol. 1 Nicolaus Damascenus – Platonis Fragmenta (Firenze: Olschki 1999), pp. 373-375, no. 75.
Metadata provided by the 2018 Heidelberg Research Webinar on BL Greek Papyri, funded by the MWK Baden-Württemberg and taught by R. Ast and L. Berkes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)