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Papyrus 2948
- Record Id:
- 040-003780488
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100115116674.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471301.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2948
- Title:
- Lexicon and Prose Text (P.Hib. II 175, TM 65730, LDAB 6984)
- Scope & Content:
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Portions of an alphabetical lexicon, arranged in the order of the first two letters, accompanied by a gloss. In column 1, the glosses are lost and the words begin with de-, in column 2 with eu-. The lemmata are not only Homeric and are given in various forms, possibly based on how they appeared in a quotation.
On the back, there are remains of an unidentified work, possibly a prose text (unpublished).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003780488 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2948 : Lexicon and Prose Text (P.Hib. II 175, TM 65730, LDAB 6984) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2180]/040-003780488
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Two 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 carries portions of 16 lines; fragment 2 bears portions of 6 lines. On the back, fragment 1 bears portions of 11 lines from one column, written across the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front, and covered with plaster; fragment 2 is blank. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471301.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0260
- End Date:
- -0240
- Date Range:
- 260-240 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragment 1: 10 x 30 mm; fragment 2: 40 x 58 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 195 x 140 mm.
Script: Large, well-formed hand, with occasional serifs (see tau). Verso: Rough, upright capital.
- 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 175
- Publications:
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Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 14-16, no. 175.
Mark Naoumides, Greek Lexicography in the Papyri (diss., Univ. of Illinois, 1961), pp. 180-206.
Lloyd W. Daly, Contributions to a History of Alphabetization in Antiquity and the Middle Ages, (Bruxelles: Latumus. Revue d'Etudes Latines, 1967), p. 29.
Lucio Del Corso, ‘Scritture 'formali' e scritture 'informali' nei "volumina" letterari da Al Hiba’, Aegyptus, 84 (2004), 33-100 (pp. 36, 65-66).
Giuseppe Ucciardello, Esegesi linguistica, glosse ed interpretamenta tra hypomnemata e lessici. Materiali e spunti di riflessione’, in I classici greci e i loro commentatori: dai papiri ai "marginalia" rinascimentali. Atti del Convegno, Rovereto, 20 ottobre 2006. Memorie della Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati. Ser. 2a. 10, ed. by Guido Avezzù e Paolo Scattolin, (Rovereto: Accademia roveretana degli Agiati, 2006) pp. 35-83 (pp. 38, 53).
Elena Esposito, ‘Fragments of Greek lexicography in the papyri’, Trends in Classics, 1 (2009), 255-97 (p. 287).
Elena Esposito, ‘Un nuovo lemma omerico in P. Hib. II 175’, Eikasmos, 23 (2012), 185-89.
Elena Esposito, Tra filologia e grammatica. Ricerche di papirologia e lessicografia greca (Bologna: Pàtron, 2017), pp. 11-34, 162-63.
Catalogue of Paraliterary Papyri, no. 305 (https://relicta.org/cpp/detail.php?CPP=0305, 23 February 2021).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)