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Papyrus 2963
- Record Id:
- 040-003725993
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100113340639.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471360.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2963
- Title:
- Fragments of a Treatise on Ophthalmology (P.Hib. II 190, TM 65755, LDAB 7009)
- Scope & Content:
- Portions of a treatise on ophthalmology, recovered from mummy cartonnage; possibly by the physician Diocles of Carystus. Additional fragments of the same treatise are P.Ryl. I 39 (John Rylands Library), P.Grenf. II 7(b) (Bodleian Library), and some fragments at the Institut für Papyrologie in Heidelberg (P. G 401 a-k).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003725993 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2963 : Fragments of a Treatise on Ophthalmology (P.Hib. II 190, TM 65755, LDAB 7009) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2114]/040-003725993
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Two fragments of a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue in places; additional fragments are P.Grenf. II 7(a), housed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, P.Ryl. 39, housed at the John Rylands Library, Manchester, and some fragments now held at the Institut für Papyrologie in Heidelberg (P. G 401 a-k). The writing runs along the fibres on one side. On the front, fragment 1 bears the ends of 4 lines from one column and the beginnings of 7 lines of a second column; fragment 2 bears the beginnings of 4 lines and traces of another line at the bottom; the upper margin survives. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0299
- End Date:
- -0200
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragment 1: 136 x 46 mm; fragment 2: 84 x 38 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 255 x 115 mm.
Script: Small and neat upright book-hand, with contrast between narrow and broad letterforms; not fully bilinear, with some uprights extending below the writing line. Paragraphus used.
- 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 190
- Publications:
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Carl Haeberlin, ‘Griechische Papyri’, Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen 14 (1897), 276-7.
Gustav A. Gerhard, Ein dogmatischer Arzt des vierten Jahrhunderts v.Chr. Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Phil.-hist. Klasse, Jahrg. 1913 (Heidelberg: Winter, 1913).
Harold Idris Bell, ‘Bibliography: Graeco-Roman Egypt. A. Papyri (1913-14)’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 2 (1915), 95-107 (p. 97).
Alfred Körte, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 7 (1924), 225-58 (pp. 249-50).
Werner Jäger, Diokles von Karystos. Die griechische Medizin und die Schule des Aristoteles (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1938), pp. 33-7.
Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 57-8, no. 190.
Richard Seider, Paläographie der griechischen Papyri I-III (Stuttgart: A. Hiersemann, 1967-1990), Tafeln T. 2: Literarische Papyri (1970), pl. iv.
Marie-Hélène Marganne, Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de médecine (Genève: Librairie Droz, 1981), pp. 40-1, no. 27.
Alain Blanchard, ‘Les papyrus littéraires grecs extraits de cartonnage: Etudes de bibliologie’, in Ancient and Medieval Book Materials and Techniques. Vols I-II, ed. by Marilena Maniaci, Paola F. Munafo, (Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1993), Vol. 1, pp. 15-40 (pp. 25, 35).
Marie-Hélène Marganne, L'ophtalmologie dans l'Egypte gréco-romaine d'après les papyrus littéraires grecs (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1994), pp. 37-96.
Lucio Del Corso, ‘Scritture 'formali' e scritture 'informali' nei "volumina" letterari da Al Hiba’, Aegyptus 84 (2004), 33-100 (pp. 38, 46).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)