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Title Menander, Sententiae
Work Menander, Sententiae
Principal Edition 96216. William A. Johnson, "A Trifle, Reprised: British Library School Tablet Add MS 34186(1)(2)," BASP, 59 (2022), pp. 205-220.
catalogue 14384. Raffaella Cribiore, Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt., (Atlanta, Georgia 1996). 383 descr.
Reference Edition
  • - 95353. Corpus dei Papiri Filosofici greci e latini (CPF). Testi e lessico nei papiri di cultura greca e latina. Parte II.2: Sentenze di Autori Noti e «Chreiai» (Unione Accademica Nazionale. Accademia Toscana di Scienze e Lettere "La Colombaria"), (Firenze 2015). MS 16 150-152
  • - 20580. Carlo Pernigotti, Menandri Sententiae., (Firenze 2008). 705
Partial Edition 95358. F.G. Kenyon, "Two Greek school tablets," JHS, 29 (1909), pp. 29-40. 39
Previous Edition 95347. H.G.M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum, (1927). https://archive.org/details/catalogueofliter0000brit
Catalog(s) MP3 02713.000
Fragments London, British Library Add MS 34186 (1)
Support Material wood
Support Dimensions 26cm wide x 17.6cm high
Date 100 - 199
More from the period between 100 CE and 199 CE
Origin Fundort: Egypt; Schreibort: Egypt
More from Fundort: Egypt; Schreibort: Egypt
Form and Layout wood codex (2 tablets) (columns: 0, pagination: 0)
Genre poetry; wisdom; mathematics; philology; grammar
Culture literature; science
Religion classical
General Notes A tablet from a codex consisting of two wax tablets. Two iambic lines (including Menander, Sententiae 476) written first by teacher, then copied twice by pupil. On the other tablet, a multiplication table and a list of words divided into syllables.
Images bl.uk/.../Add_MS_34186; relicta.org/.../0162
Print Illustrations E.G.Turner - P.J.Parsons, Greek Manuscripts, no.4; cf. Atti del XXII Congresso di Papirologia (Firenze 1998), Firenze 2001, p.126; D.M. Stuart, The boy through the ages, New York, s.d., p.63; P. Parsons, City of the sharp-nosed fish, London 2007, pl. 28
Availability © Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License .

Trismegistos: 61495 [source]

Publications Journal of Hellenic Studies (JHS) 29 (1909), p. 39-40 [34186] (1909) = P. Lond. Lit. 253 (1927) = Jaekel, Menandri Sententiae (BSGRT) p. 15 no. 11 (1964) = Pernigotti, Menandri Sententiae p. 47 & no. 705 (2008) = Corpus dei papiri filosofici (CPF) 2.2 p. 150-152 [MS 16] (2015)
Inv. no. London, British Library Add MS 34186 (1)
Date AD 100 - 199
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt[found & written]

DCLP transcription: 61495 [xml]

side 1A
(hand 1) [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣τ̣[  ̣ κ]α̣κ̣ο̣ῖ̣ς̣· ἐν δὲ θεοῖς side 1B
(hand 2) σοφοῦ παρ’ ἀνδρὸς προσδέχου συμβουλίαν
μὴ πᾶσιν εἰκῇ τοῖς φίλοις πιστεύεται(*)
⁦ vac. 1 line⁩
(hand 3) ⟦οφ⟧ ⁦ vac. ? ⁩ ⟦α̣ν⟧
5οφοῦ(*) παρ’ ἀνδρὸς προσδέχου συμβουλίαν
⟦μ̣η̣⟧ ⁦ vac. ? ⁩ ⟦ε⟧
μὴ πᾶσιν εἰκῇ τοῖς φίλοις πιστεύεται(*)
⁦ vac. ? ⁩ ⟦  ̣  ̣συμβουλίαν⟧
οφοῦ(*) παρ’ ἀνδρὸς προσδέχου συμβουλίαν
10μὴ πᾶσιν εἰκῇ τοῖς φίλοις πιστεύεται(*)
(hand 4) ⁦ vac. ? ⁩ ε ⁦ vac. ? ⁩ π ⁦ vac. ? ⁩   ̣(*) ⁦ vac. ? ⁩ σ side 2A

column i
(hand 5) α α α
β α β
β β δ
β γ ϛ
5β δ η
β ε ι
β ϛ ιβ
β ζ ιδ
β η ιϛ
10β θ ιη
β ι κ column ii
γ α γ
γ β ϛ
γ γ θ
γ δ ιβ
5γ ε ιε
γ ϛ ιη
γ ζ κα
γ η κδ
γ θ κζ
10γ ι λ column iii
(hand 3) θαρ σων
θ̣υρ σος(*)
θω ας(*)
θε ων
5θα̣ρ σος
⁦ vac. 2 lines⁩
Traces π̣ορ̣ σ̣ο̣ν side 2B
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣ε̣οωι[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]

Apparatus


^ 1B.2. l. πιστεύετε
^ 1B.5. l. σοφοῦ
^ 1B.7. l. πιστεύετε
^ 1B.9. l. σοφοῦ
^ 1B.10. l. πιστεύετε
^ 1B.12. or σ, or ϛ
^ 2A.iii.2. Johnson : ο̣υρ σος Brashear
^ 2A.iii.3. l. θο ας

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