MPER N.S. 3 6

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  • Papyrus:
    MPER N.S. 3 6
  • Editions:

    MPER N.S. 3 6 (H. Oellacher 1939)


  • Inventory:
    Vienna, Nationalbibliothek, G 26768 a
  • TM: 60142
    LDAB: 1256
    MP3: 0530.000
  • Find Place:
    Soknopaiou Nesos
  • Origin:
    Soknopaiou Nesos
  • Acquisition:
    Purchase
  • Notes on Provenance and Acquisition:

    The papyrus was purchased in 1893 and described in the edition as coming from Soknopaiou Nesos like many other fragments from the same purchase. This provenance is confirmed by Harrauer -Worp 1993, 36.


  • Script Description:

    Informal, non-uniform semi-cursive hand characterized by a fluid ductus and ligatures.


  • Bibliography:

    A. Körte, ‟Literarische Texte mit Ausschluss der Christlichen” APF 14 (1941), 104 (no. 933); A.  Traversa, Hesiodi Catalogi sive Eoearum Fragmenta (Napoli 1951) Pap. 22 (= fr. 16); K. A. Worp - H. Harrauer, “Literarische Papyri aus Soknopaiu Nesos” Tyche 8 (1993) 36; M. Perale, ‟Critical Notes on Hexameter Adespota” APF 67 (2021) 5-42; M. Perale, P.Vindob. G 26768a: Non-Antimachean Thebaid (with Possible Associated Fragments from Other Collections), in E.E. Prodi, S. Vecchiato (eds.), ΦΑΙΔΙΜΟΣ ΕΚΤΩΡ. Studi in onore di Willy Cingano per il suo 70° compleanno, Venice 2021, 327-335.


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  • Record Author:
    Valeria Fontanella
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  • Date:
    AD III
    Objective elements:
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  • Material:
    papyrus
  • Cartonnage:
  • Reused:
  • Bookform:
    Roll
  • Number of fragments:
    2
  • Dimensions (W x H cm):
    1 : 6 x 4; 2 : 7 x 10
  • Recto/Verso:
    Recto
  • Script Direction:
    Per fibras
  • Number of columns:
    1
  • Lines per column:
    23+
  • Possible Reconstructions:
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  • Genres:
    unidentified poetry
  • Known author present:
  • Text:

    The attribution to Hesiod’s Catalogue of Women is suggested by Oellacher (MPER N.S. 3 6), Körte apud Oellacher and Körte 1941, 104. According to them, the presence of names such as Atalanta, Aphrodite and Leto points to that work, in which the race of Atalanta and Hippomenes figured. The fragments are included in Traversa’s edition of the Catalogue (Traversa 1951, fr. 16 = Pap. 22). Against this attribution, see Perale 2021, 10-11 (no. 100) and Perale 2021; he emphasizes the differences between Hesiod’s Atlanta and the one in the fragment, as well as the different narrative contexts. The fragments, in fact, refer to a military context and to an internal conflict, probably between the Argives and the Thebans, in which the son of Atlanta, Parthenopaeus, participated and died. Parthenopaeus’s name can be in fact restored in l. 16 Perale 2021, 10 (= l. 12 Oellacher 1939). The mythical content of the fragment seems to be related to that of two other fragments which are also dated to the third century (P.Oxy. VI 859 and P.Oxy. XXX 2519, see Perale 2021), but it is difficult to say whether they belong to the same work. Although the attribution of the Vienna fragment remains uncertain, Antimachus’ authorship can be ruled out, since in his Thebaid, Parthenopaeus is said to be the son of Lysimache, rather than of Atlanta (Perale 2021).


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