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Papyrus 2951
- Record Id:
- 040-003717652
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110224940.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468528.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2951
- Title:
- Tragedy (?) (P.Hib. II 178, TM 65717, LDAB 6971, MP3 1720)
- Scope & Content:
- Portion of a literary work, presumably a tragedy, of which a few iambic trimeters survive. Traces of effaced writing are visible on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003717652 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2951 : Tragedy (?) (P.Hib. II 178, TM 65717, LDAB 6971, MP3 1720) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1980]/040-003717652
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Two non-contiguous fragments from a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage; broken off on all sides and with plaster residue in places; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, the text runs along the fibres; the left-hand fragment preserves the central portions of 11 lines; on the right-hand fragment a few letters from the central portions of 9 lines survive. On the back, there are traces of writing across the fibres, entirely effaced. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468528.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- 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: Left-hand fragment: 60 x 30 mm; right-hand fragment: 40 x 20 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 120 x 165 mm.
Script: Small informal hand with some cursive traits.
- 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 178
- Publications:
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Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 17, 20, no. 178.
Richard Kannicht, Bruno Snell, Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta (TrGF) 2: Fragmenta adespota (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht 1981), 628.
Lucio Del Corso, ‘Scritture 'formali' e scritture 'informali' nei "volumina" letterari da Al Hibah’, Aegyptus 84 (2004), 33-100 (pp. 36, 56, and passim).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)