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Papyrus 2947
- Record Id:
- 040-003780484
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100115114274.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471296.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2947
- Title:
- Astydamas, Hector (?) and Tragic Verses (P.Hib. II 174, TM 59326, 100217, LDAB 424, 10833)
- Scope & Content:
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Portions of a tragedy, possibly Astydamas’s Hector, with the choral song, a monody of an unnamed male character, mentioning a prophecy of the seer Helenus, and apparently Achilles’s realization that his armour was lost to Hector. The back bears tragic trimeters, possibly from an anthology.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003780484 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2947 : Astydamas, Hector (?) and Tragic Verses (P.Hib. II 174, TM 59326, 100217, LDAB 424, 10833) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2179]/040-003780484
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Three fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage, written on both sides. On the front, the writing runs along the fibres. Fragment 1 preserves portions of two columns from the foot of the roll, with the lower margin; fragment 2 bears portions of 11 lines; fragment 3 has the beginnings of 7 lines. On the back, there are portions of two columns, tattered. The papyrus is mounted on paper in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471296.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0199
- End Date:
- -0100
- Date Range:
- 2nd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragment 1: 70 x 185 mm; fragment 2: 60 x 90 mm; fragment 3: 45 x 30 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 155 x 245 mm.
Script: Recto: Fair-sized and well-formed rounded book-hand, upright and with serifs. Verso: Two hands.
- Custodial History:
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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 174
- Publications:
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Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 9-14, no. 174.
Thomas B. L. Webster, ‘Fourth Century Tragedy and the Poetics’, Hermes 82 (1954), 294-308 (pp. 305-307).
Richard Kannicht, Bruno Snell, Stefan Radt, Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta. 1-5 vols. (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1971-2004), 1 (1971), no. 60F 1h; 2 (1981), no. 60 F 693.
Georgia Xanthakis-Karamanos, ‘The "Hector" of Astydamas: Reconstruction and Motifs’, Museum Philologicum Londiniense, 4 (1981), 213-23.
Lucio Del Corso, ‘Scritture 'formali' e scritture 'informali' nei "volumina" letterari da Al Hiba’, Aegyptus, 84 (2004), 33-100 (pp. 36, 41).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)