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Papyrus 2960
- Record Id:
- 040-003725975
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100113298000.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471343.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2960
- Title:
- Fragment of an Agricultural Handbook (P.Hib. II 187, TM 65737, LDAB 6991)
- Scope & Content:
- Portion of an agricultural manual concerning the culture of the almond and dealing with the induction of fruiting and the change from bitter to sweet almonds.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003725975 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2960 : Fragment of an Agricultural Handbook (P.Hib. II 187, TM 65737, LDAB 6991) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2112]/040-003725975
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment of a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage, broken off on all sides, dark-stained on the right and with plaster residue; written on one side along the fibres. Portions of two columns survive: 16 lines of column 1, 4 lines of column 2. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471343.0x000001 (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: 110 x 75 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 240 x 155 mm.
Script: Well-formed, medium-sized book-hand, upright and rather angular.
- 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 187
- Publications:
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Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 55-7, no. 187.
Lucio Del Corso, ‘Scritture 'formali' e scritture 'informali' nei "volumina" letterari da Al Hiba’, Aegyptus 84 (2004), 33-100 (p. 37).
Foraboschi Daniele, ‘Manuali, calendari e trattati agricoli greco-romani’, in Studi in onore di Edda Bresciani, ed. by Sandro F. Bondi (Pisa: Giardini, 1985), pp. 213-19 (pp. 214-16).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)