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Papyrus 2932
- Record Id:
- 040-003616323
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102153783.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468491.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2932
- Title:
- Fragment of a Document and List of Olympic Victors (P.Oxy. XXXIII 2381, TM 59764, LDAB 868, MP3 2188)
- Scope & Content:
- A fragment from the same roll as Papyrus 1185 (P.Oxy. II 222), with few letters from a document on the recto (unpublished), and a list of Olympic victors for the 96th Olympiad (396 BC) on the verso. Papyrus 1185 verso covers the 75th-78th and 81st-83rd Olympiads (480-468 BC and 456-448 BC). Each entry includes name, ethnic and athletic event.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003616323 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2932 : Fragment of a Document and List of Olympic Victors (P.Oxy. XXXIII 2381, TM 59764, LDAB 868, MP3 2188) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1579]/040-003616323
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment with detached scrap, most likely from the same roll as Papyrus 1185; with writing on both sides. The front bears few letters of one line running along the fibres; on the back, there are portions of 7 lines against the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468491.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 40 x 57 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 85 x 110 mm.
Script: Recto: Cursive hand. Verso: Thick, small hand, with a slight slant to the right (first style found on Papyrus 1185vo., column 1).
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Society on 21 October 1957.
- Former External References:
- P.Oxy. XXIII 2381
- Publications:
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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Part II (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1899), pp. 85-95, no. 222.
T. W. Beasley, ‘Fragment d'une liste de vainqueurs aux jeux olympiques (Papyrus d'Oxyrhynchus)’, Revue de Philologie, de Littérature et d'Histoire Anciennes 24 (1900), pp. 61-62.
C. Robert, ‘Die Ordnung der Olympischen Spiele und die Sieger der 75.-83. Olympiade’, Hermes 35 (1900), pp. 141-195.
W. Crönert, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 1 (1901), pp. 502-539 (pp. 531-532).
H. Diels, ‘Die Olympionikenliste aus Oxyrhynchos’, Hermes 36 (1901), pp. 72-80.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. lxiii, no. 1085 descr.
J. Jüthner, Philostratos über Gymnastik (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1909), pp. 63-64.
A. S. Hunt, ‘Papyri and Papyrology’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 1 (1914), pp. 81-92 (p. 84, pl. 8).
H. Oldfather, The Greek Literary Texts from Greco-Roman Egypt (Madison: University of Wisconsin 1923), no. 433.
W. Janell, ‘Chronicon Olympicum’, Klio 21 (1927), pp. 344-349.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 94-95, no. 124.
G. de Sanctis, ‘Lacare’, Rivista di filologia e di istruzione classica 56 (1928), pp. 53-77 (pp. 70-77).
J. G. Winter, Life and Letters in the Papyri (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1933), pp. 209-210.
F. Jacoby, Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker(FGrHist) (Berlin: Weidmann 1923-1958), 415 F1-2.
A. A. Mosshammer, ‘The Date of the First Pythiad—Again’, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 23 (1982), pp. 15-30.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XXIII (London: Egypt Exploration Society 1956), pp. 100-101, no. 2381, with pl. iii.
E. G. Turner, P. J. Parsons, Greek manuscripts of the ancient world (London: University of London, Institute of Classical Studies 1987), p. 110, no. 65, with pl.
P. Christesen, Olympic victor lists and ancient Greek history (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2007), pp. 202-215, 382-384.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)