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Papyrus 2972
- Record Id:
- 040-003717623
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110212880.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468550.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2972
- Title:
- Deposition by a Witness (P.Hib. II 200, TM 5184)
- Scope & Content:
- Deposition by a witness whose name is lost, who was walking down the street with friends and heard some noise coming from a room in a house nearby, also used as a fulling-workshop, where many people were gathered. He witnessed that Athenais started to insult Chrysis, for whom he was now testifying; as Chrysis laughed, Athenais hit her and slapped her in the face, tearing her clothes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003717623 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2972 : Deposition by a Witness (P.Hib. II 200, TM 5184) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1976]/040-003717623
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage; with surface damage in places, especially on the right-hand side; the writing runs on one side across the fibres. On the front, there are portions of 12 lines lacking the ends. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468550.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0246
- End Date:
- -0221
- Date Range:
- 246-221 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 130 x 295 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 225 x 345 mm.
Script: Well-formed and regular upright cursive hand. Different hand in line 1.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El-Hiba), Egypt. From mummy cartonnage (Mummy A). Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 2943-3035 by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Society on 9 April 1960.
- Former External References:
- P.Hib. II 200
- Publications:
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Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 112-113, no. 200.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1958), p. 85.
B. Legras, ‘Le corps violenté des femmes dans l'Égypte ptolémaïque d'après la documentation papyrologique’, Cahiers du Centre Gustave Glotz 10 (1999) 225-34 (p. 232).
J. Rowlandson, ‘Beyond the Polis. Women and Economic Opportunity in Ptolemaic Egypt’, in The Greek World, ed. by Anton Powell (London: Routledge 2002), pp. 301-322 (p. 316, n. 37).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)