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59533 P. Cairo Zen. 4 = Trismegistos 65678 = LDAB 6931 = oxford-ipap.apis.1006



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Title P. Cair. Zen. 4 59533
Content lyric (or tragic?) fragment with musical notation
Principal Edition P.Cair.Zen. 4 59533
Catalog(s) MP3 01916.000
Fragments Cairo, Egyptian Museum CG 59533
Support Material papyrus
Date 263 - 229 v. Chr.
More from the period between 263 BCE and 229 BCE
Origin Found: Philadelpheia (Arsinoites, Egypt); written: Arsinoites (Egypt)
More from Found: Philadelpheia (Arsinoites, Egypt); written: Arsinoites (Egypt)
Form and Layout papyrus sheet (columns: 0, pagination: 0)
Genre poetry; lyric; tragedy (?) music
Culture literature
Religion classical
Images ipap.csad.ox.ac.uk/.../59533
Print Illustrations P.Cairo Zen. 4, pl.II; JHS 51 (1931), pl.v; Norsa, Scritt. Lett. Greca, pl.3a; E. Pöhlmann - M.L. West, Documents of ancient Greek Music, Oxford 2001,p.43
Availability © Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Catalog Record: oxford-ipap.apis.1006 [xml]

Title Fragments of verse with musical notation
Summary The earliest Greek document with musical notation. Perhaps part of an exercise or excerpt written by a pupil on an odd piece of papyrus. Below are some large letters and combinations of letters, probably drawn without any definite meaning.
Citations P.Cair.Zen. 4 59533
Inv. Id JE51535
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 13 x 12
Origin Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)
More from Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)
Date 263 - 227 B.C.
More from the period between 263 BCE and 227 BCE
Note (general) Special Register: SR0251
Note (local/note) CG59533
Subjects Literary; Papyri
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.