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Papyrus 2959(A-B)
- Record Id:
- 040-003725998
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100113345673.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471337.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2959(A-B)
- Title:
- Dionysius Scytobrachion, Argonautica (P.Hib. II 186, TM 65736, LDAB 6990)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragments of an opistograph roll (written on both sides) extracted from mummy cartonnage, containing portions of Dionysius Scytobrachion’s epic poem Argonautica.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003725998 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2959(A-B) : Dionysius Scytobrachion, Argonautica (P.Hib. II 186, TM 65736, LDAB 6990) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2115]/040-003725998
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Two papyrus fragments that do not join, from the lower part of an opistograph roll, with writing on both sides, extracted from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue in places and dark stains. The writing runs on both sides. On the front, fragment A bears portions of two columns written along the fibres, and fragment B portions of three columns. On the back, there are additional lines written across the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471337.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0299
- End Date:
- -0100
- Date Range:
- 3rd century-2nd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 75 x 117 mm; fragment B: 72 x 188 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 190 x 360 mm.
Script: Rather rough and irregular hand with cursive affinities. 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 186
- Publications:
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Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 53-5, no. 186.
Jeffrey S. Rusten, ‘The "Argonauts" of Dionysius Scytobrachion’, Harvard Studies in Comparative Philology 84 (1980), 339-41.
Jeffrey S. Rusten, Dionysius Scytobrachion (Papyrologica Coloniensia X) (Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1982), pp. 19-29.
Monique Van Rossum-Steenbeek, Greek Readers' Digests. Studies on a selection of subliterary papyri (Leiden-New York: E. J. Brill, 1998), p. 121, no. 7.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)