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Papyrus 2989
- Record Id:
- 040-003736959
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100113826983.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471406.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2989
- Title:
- Gnomic Anthology (P.Hib. II 224, TM 61299, LDAB 2441)
- Scope & Content:
- Portion of a gnomic anthology, with remains of iambic trimeters in column 1 and hexameters by the tragic poet Chaeremon in column 2; the second column, placed after some blank space, contains an acrostic of Chaeremon’s name. The text has been assigned to the middle of the 3rd century BC. Papyrus 691(A) (P.Grenf. II 6(b)), and P. Heid. inv. G. 434 may be further fragments of the same anthology.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003736959 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2989 : Gnomic Anthology (P.Hib. II 224, TM 61299, LDAB 2441) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2140]/040-003736959
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment of a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage, written on one side. The front bears portions of two columns written along the fibres; of the first column, portions of 17 lines remain; of the second, after some blank space, the beginnings of 9 lines survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471406.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0275
- End Date:
- -0235
- Date Range:
- mid 3rd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 118 x 103 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 190 x 185 mm.
Script: Informal hand, skilled but rather irregular; mostly square and somewhat compressed, with some small letterforms (see omicron and epsilon); overall bilinear, with some uprights descending below the line; with serifs in places.
- 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 224
- Publications:
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Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 148-9, no. 224.
Christopher Collard, ‘On the tragedian Chaeremon’, The Journal of Hellenic Studies 90 (1970), 22-34.
Bruno Snell, Szenen aus griechischen Dramen (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1971), pp. 166-9).
Martin L. West, ‘Notes on Papyri’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 26 (1977), 37-43.
Richard Kannicht, Bruno Snell, Stefan Radt, Tragicorum Graecorum fragmenta (TrGF). vols. 1-5 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1971-2004). Vols. 1, p. 222, no. 71f 14b; Vol. 2, p. 197, no. 687.
Georgia Xanthakis-Karamanos, ‘A Survey of the Main Papyrus Texts of Post-Classical Tragedy’, in Akten des 21. Internationalen Papyrologenkongresses, Berlin, 13.-19.8. 1995, ed. by Bärbel Kramer, Wolfgang Luppe, Herwig Maehler (Stuttgart-Leipzig: B. G. Teubner 1997), vol 2, pp. 1034-1048 (pp. 1035-6).
Giuseppe Morelli, ‘Per la ricostruzione del Centauro di Cheremone’, in Teatro greco postclassico e teatro latino. Teorie e prassi drammatica, Atti del Convegno Internazionale, Roma 16-18 ottobre 2001, Roma, ed. by Antonio Martina, (Roma: Herder, 2003), pp. 11-28.
Lucio Del Corso, ‘Scritture 'formali' e scritture 'informali' nei "volumina" letterari da Al Hiba’, Aegyptus 84 (2004), 33-100 (p. 37).
Lucio Del Corso, ‘Disiecta colligere: un'antologia gnomica tra Londra e Heidelberg (P. Grenf. II 6B + P. Hib. II 224 + P. Heid. Inv. G. 434)?’, Analecta Papyrologica 25 (2013), 65-77, with plate.
Francisca Pordomingo, Antologias di época hellenistica en papiro (Pap. Flor. 43) (Firenze: Gonnelli, 2013), pp. 123-5, no. 13.
Gabriella Messeri Savorelli, Paolo Carrara, ‘Gnom. 32’, in Corpus dei papiri filosofici greci e latini. Testi e lessico nei papiri di cultura greca e latina. 2, Frammenti adespoti; Gnomologi e sentenze. 3, Gnomica (Firenze: L. S. Olschki, 2017), pp. 254-63 (with further bibliography).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)