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Papyrus 2956
- Record Id:
- 040-003717627
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110214599.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2956
- Title:
- Theophrastus, Ars Poetica (?) (P.Hib. II 183, TM 62833, LDAB 4023, MP3 2296)
- Scope & Content:
- Portions of a treatise on poetry examining poetic diction, so that a poet may learn which words are appropriate for poetry and so that the layman will be able to easily identify a well-written poem; discussion of individual words follows. Presumably part of Theophrastus’s Ars Poetica.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003717627 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2956 : Theophrastus, Ars Poetica (?) (P.Hib. II 183, TM 62833, LDAB 4023, MP3 2296) - Contains:
- Papyrus 2956(A) : Theophrastus, Ars Poetica (?).
Papyrus 2956(B) : Theophrastus, Ars Poetica (?).
Papyrus 2956(C-E) : Theophrastus, Ars Poetica (?).
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Papyrus 2956 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1979]/040-003717627
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Three frames
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0299
- End Date:
- -0200
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size; A: 150 x 115 mm; B: 150 x 55 mm; C: 45 x 50 mm; D: 50 x 180 mm; E: 55 x 30 mm; unlabelled fragment: 43 x 47 mm; housed in three glass frames measuring 190 x 185 mm.
Script: Squarish book-hand of medium size, similar to the contemporary business hand, with more careful and separate letterforms; with a tendency to become more informal, especially in fragment B. Punctuation by paragraphus and blank space.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El-Hibah), 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 183
- Publications:
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Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 40-44, no. 183, with pl. iii.
Lucio Del Corso, ‘Scritture 'formali' e scritture 'informali' nei "volumina" letterari da Al Hibah’, Aegyptus 84 (2004), 33-100 (pp. 36, 58, and passim).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Theophrastus, Greek natural philosopher, c 370-c 287 BC
- Places:
- Ankyropolis (El-Hiba, El-Hibeh), 20th Upper Egyptian nome, Egypt