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Papyrus 2935-2936
- Record Id:
- 040-003541482
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101366687.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468499.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2935-2936
- Title:
- Oracle Questions (SB X 10569-10570, TM 30642-30643)
- Scope & Content:
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Two oracle questions addressed to Ammon (?).
Left papyrus (SB X 10569, TM 30642): On an official being ill-disposed and the employment of a writer.
Right papyrus (SB X 10570, TM 30643): On enduring a situation.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003541482 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2935-2936 : Oracle Questions (SB X 10569-10570, TM 30642-30643) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1533]/040-003541482
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Two small papyrus slips, written on one side along the fibres, with the back blank; housed in the same glass frame.
Left papyrus (Papyrus 2935): Complete, with minor surface damage at the top; 9 lines, margins minimal.
Right papyrus (Papyrus 2936): Lacking the bottom left edge; 7 lines, with lines 4-7 mutilated at the beginning. Left margin damaged, other margins extant.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468499.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0249
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Papyrus 2935: 56 x 31 mm; Papyrus 2936: 55 x 36 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 145 x 205 mm.
Script: Rapid cursive hand, sloping to the right; with corrections.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, (?) Egypt.
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, (?) Egypt. Purchased with Papyri 2933-2934 from Maggs on 12 July 1958.
- Former External References:
- SB X 10569
SB X 10570 - Publications:
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R. A. Coles, ‘More Papyri from the British Museum’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 53 (1967), pp. 121-130 (pp. 121-122, nos. 1-2, with pl. xvii).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten X (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1971), nos. 10569-10570.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)