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Papyrus 2949
- Record Id:
- 040-003717655
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110224986.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468524.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2949
- Title:
- Tragedy (?) (P.Hib. II 176, TM 65731, LDAB 6985, MP3 1920)
- Scope & Content:
- Portion of a literary work, with parts of anapaestic dimeters, perhaps from a ritual song or the choral lyric from a tragedy; ritual accompaniments of worship such as the Phrygian flute are mentioned. On the back there are traces of writing, of which little remains.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003717655 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2949 : Tragedy (?) (P.Hib. II 176, TM 65731, LDAB 6985, MP3 1920) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1981]/040-003717655
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- One medium-brown papyrus fragment from mummy cartonnage, darker on the right-hand side of the front; with plaster residue on the back; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 10 lines running along the fibres and lacking the beginnings; right and lower margins survive. The back bears traces of writing across the fibres, mostly effaced. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468524.0x000001 (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:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 85 x 70 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 165 x 120 mm.
Script: Small, upright and somewhat rounded bookhand; with overwriting of the final syllables of lines 5, 6 and 10.
- Custodial History:
-
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 176
- Publications:
-
Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 16, 19, no. 176.
Richard Kannicht, Bruno Snell, Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta (TrGF) 2: Fragmenta adespota (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht 1981), 629.
Lucio Del Corso, ‘Scritture 'formali' e scritture 'informali' nei "volumina" letterari da Al Hibah’, Aegyptus 84 (2004), 33-100 (p. 36).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)