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Papyrus 2968
- Record Id:
- 040-003780470
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100114877473.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471371.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2968
- Title:
- City Law of Alexandria (?) (P.Hib. II 196, SB VI 9559, TM 5788)
- Scope & Content:
- Extracts from a city law of one of the Greek cities in Egypt, possibly Alexandria itself, concerning the duties of a gynaikonomos, an official acting as a supervisor of women, who is connected with an act of registration in the citizen body. This law may have been introduced by Demetrius of Phalerum. Traces of writing are visible on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003780470 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2968 : City Law of Alexandria (?) (P.Hib. II 196, SB VI 9559, TM 5788) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2177]/040-003780470
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Two papyrus fragments, now joined, reused as mummy cartonnage, with portions of 15 lines written along the fibres. On the back, there are traces of writing across the fibres and plaster residue. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471371.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0280
- End Date:
- -0250
- Date Range:
- 280-250 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragment 1: 60 x 95 mm; fragment 2: 35 x 45 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 205 x 180 mm.
Script: Well-formed, medium-sized square capital similar to the contemporary book-hands, upright and serifed in a few places.Verso: Cursive hand on the back.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El-Hibah), 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 196
SB VI 9559 - Publications:
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Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri, volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 69-70, no. 196.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1958), p. 85.
Jean Bingen, ‘Le papyrus du gynéconome (P. Hib. 196)’, Chronique d'Égypte 32 (1957), 337-39.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band VI (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1963), no. 9559.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)