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Papyrus 970
- Record Id:
- 040-003434365
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100071208466.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463913.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 970
- Title:
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Epyllion or Epithalamion? (P.Lond.Lit. 38, P.Lond. III 970 descr., TM 64095, LDAB 5313, MP3 1814)
- Scope & Content:
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Portions of 31 hexameter verses mentioning Galatea and Apollo; perhaps an epyllion or epithalamion.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003434365 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 970 : Epyllion or Epithalamion? (P.Lond.Lit. 38, P.Lond. III 970 descr., TM 64095, LDAB 5313, MP3 1814) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0801]/040-003434365
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment of a papyrus sheet, with left, right and top margins preserved, but broken at the bottom and badly abraded in places. One fragmentary column containing portions of 31 hexameter verses survives; writing is on one side along the fibres. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463913.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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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: 180 mm x 165 mm. Mounted in a glass case measuring 230 x 205 mm.
Script: Cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 970 descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 38 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1901-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. XLIX no. 970 descr.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 31-32, no. 38.
A. Körte, 'Literarische Texte mit Ausschluss der christlichen', Archiv für Papyrusforschung 10 (Leipzig 1932) pp. 19-70 (p. 30) no. 711.
T. Viljamaa, Studies in Greek Encomiastic Poetry of the Early Byzantine Period. Commentationes humanarum litterarum 42.4. (Helsinki: Helsingfors 1968), pp. 34, 39, 41-42, 130.
F. Uebel, Literarische Texte mit Ausschluss der christlichen', Archiv für Papyrusforschung 24-25 (1976) pp. 191-251 (p. 225, adespota).
Laura Miguélez Cavero, Poems in Context. Greek Poetry in the Egyptian Thebaid 200-600 AD (Berlin-New York: De Gruyter 2008), pp. 39-40, 55, 57, 71,103, 280, 350, 351.
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)