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Papyrus 1733
- Record Id:
- 040-003437054
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100074435160.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123236.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1733
- Title:
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Poem for the Bride on the Way to the Marital Chamber (Epithalamium) (P.Lond.Lit. 99, P.Lond. V 1819 descr., TM 59716, LDAB 820, MP32 351)
- Scope & Content:
- Left side of a poem for the bride on the way to the marital chamber (epithalamium) for Mathaeus, written in hexametres by Dioscorus of Aphrodito. The poem addresses the groom, Mathaeus, and congratulates him on his choice of a high-born and beautiful bride. Classicising in style with references to the love affairs of Olympian gods.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003437054 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1733 : Poem for the Bride on the Way to the Marital Chamber (Epithalamium) (P.Lond.Lit. 99, P.Lond. V 1819 descr., TM 59716, LDAB 820,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0818]/040-003437054
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus roll complete only at the bottom and left side, written on the recto against the fibres and parallel to them on the back. 24 lines on the front, traces of 5 lines on the back. Folded from the bottom upwards. P.Cair.Masp. II 67180 and P.Cair.Masp II 67181 are fragments of the same papyrus completing it on the top and the right side. Mounted in glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123236.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0565
- End Date:
- 0573
- Date Range:
- 565-573 (?)
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 225 mm x 70 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 280 x 120 mm.
Script: Uncial hand with considerable cursive elements and inconsistent ligatures. Flowing hand, slanting to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1865, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Aphrod.Lit. IV 33
P.Lond. V 1819 descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 99 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
J. Maspero. Papyrus grecs d'époque byzantine, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire 2, Cat. 54 (Cairo: 1913), pp. 156-160, no. 67179, 67180 and 67181.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), p. 264, no. 1819 descr.
A. Calderini, 'Piccola litteratura provincia nei papiri', Aegyptus 2 (1921), p.152.
Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten Vol.1 (Berlin-Leipzig 1922), p 448.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 71-72, no. 99.
E. Heitsch, Die griechischen Dichterfragmente der römischen Kaiserzeit (Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht 1963).
L. S. B. MacCoull, Dioscorus of Aphrodito His Works and His World (Berkeley-Los Angeles-London: University of California Press 1988), pp. 108-111.
J.-L. Fournet, P. Aphrod. Lit. Hellénisme dans l'Égypte du VIe siècle. La bibliothèque et l'oeuvre de Dioscore d'Aphrodité (Cairo: IFAO 1999), pp. 434-435, IV, no 33.
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)