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Papyrus 2996
- Record Id:
- 040-003766592
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100113874405.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471442.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2996
- Title:
- Musical Treatise (P.Hib. II 231, TM 65742, LDAB 6996)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragments recovered from mummy cartonnage, preserving a musical treatise, with examples in notation (melodic sequences and table of notes); with painted decoration on the plastered surface on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003766592 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2996 : Musical Treatise (P.Hib. II 231, TM 65742, LDAB 6996) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2145]/040-003766592
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Three larger fragments with three detached scraps, extracted from mummy cartonnage; with surface damage; the writing runs on one side along the fibres. The back bears painted decoration of the cartonnage. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471442.0x000001 (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: Fragments of varying size, the largest of which measures 146 x 66 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 250 x 185 mm.
Script: Semi-cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El-Hiba), Egypt. From mummy cartonnage (same cartonnage as Papyrus 2945 = P.Hib. II 172). 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 231
- Publications:
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Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), p. 152, no. 231.
Martin L. West, ‘Analecta Musica’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 92 (1992), 1-54 (pp. 2-4).
Martin L. West, Ancient Greek music (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2001), p. 278, no. 6.
Egert Pöhlmann, Martin L. West, Documents of ancient Greek Music. The Extant Melodies and Fragments (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2001), p. 40, no. 7, with pl. 1a.
Lucio Del Corso, ‘Scritture 'formali' e scritture 'informali' nei "volumina" letterari da Al Hiba’, Aegyptus 84 (2004), 33-100 (pp. 37, 77).
K. McNamee, Annotations in Greek and Latin texts from Egypt (New Haven, Conn.: American Society of Papyrologists, 2007), p. 471, no. 2445.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)