Journal articles by Alba de Frutos García
2023. P.Cair.Zen. IV 59538: An Autograph Letter by Amyntas (With a Study on Amyntas’ Handwriting Style)
Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete, 69/1, 2023
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P.Cair.Zen. IV 59538 (TM 1174), dated to 16 January of 257 BCE, is a fragmentary papyrus from the Zenon Archive that preserves the final part of a letter. Along with a significant part of its content, the identity of both its sender and addressee has been lost. However, a careful analysis of the material aspects of the letter reveals that its author and scribe can be identified with Amyntas (TM Per 769), the administrator of the Alexandrine household of Apollonios.
2022. Banquets, Reputation and Social Obligation in Roman Egypt: Some Notes on the Dinner Invitations in Papyri
Emerita, Revista de Lingüística y Filología Clásica, XC 2, 2022, pp. 327-351, 2022
This work aims at analyzing the invitations to feasts in papyri within the context o... more This work aims at analyzing the invitations to feasts in papyri within the context of the social dynamics of commensality in Roman Egypt. Drawing upon Dietler’s concept of «commensal hospitality», this work examines the roles played by commensals at these banquets, as well as the implications of inviting and being invited to a feast. Its objective is to assess the extent to which the celebration of feasts, the issuing of invitations, and the attendance to these feasts may relate to an attempt made by hosts and guests to acquire and increase their prestige and reputation within the group.
Link to download: https://emerita.revistas.csic.es/index.php/emerita/article/view/1230/1276
Aula orientalis: revista de estudios del Próximo Oriente Antiguo,, 2021
El objetivo de este artículo es presentar las circunstancias de hallazgo y compra de los papiros ... more El objetivo de este artículo es presentar las circunstancias de hallazgo y compra de los papiros y ostraca adquiridos por Eduard Toda en Egipto entre 1884 y 1886, cuando fue vicecónsul de España en El Cairo. A partir de las copias de los inventarios que realizó Toda y de algunas de sus publicaciones, hemos tratado de determinar, en primer lugar, el número exacto de piezas, su naturaleza y paradero en la actualidad. En segundo lugar, analizamos tanto la procedencia de los papiros y ostraca como las circunstancias de adquisición, así como el interés que tuvo Toda en esta parte de su colección.]
Palabras clave: Historiografía, coleccionismo de antigüedades, España, Egipto, Papirología.
[The aim of this article is to present the papyri and ostraca collected by Eduard Toda in Egypt between 1884 and 1886, during his tenure as Spanish vice-consul in Cairo. Drawing from the copies of inventory of the collection made by Toda and some of his publications, we have tried to determine the exact number of pieces, their nature as well as their current whereabouts. After the analysis of the provenance and acquisition circumstances of these ostraca and papyri, we discuss Toda's interest in these pieces of his collection.
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 2020
In this paper we present three fragments, at least one of which belongs to the copy of the amnest... more In this paper we present three fragments, at least one of which belongs to the copy of the amnesty decree of 186 BCE known as P.Köln 7.313. P.Monts.Roca inv. 908 fits the left hand side of col. 1 of the decree. For the other two fragments (P.Palau Rib. inv. 172 c-d) we tentatively suggest that they belong to the same document, mainly for paleographical reasons and because they belong to a collection where other fragments of the same document are found. Although this paper does not provide many new insights into the text of the decree, it confirms that the sources for the Cologne, Roca Puig, and Palau Ribes collections of papyri were the same.
Book chapters by Alba de Frutos García
J. de Villa Polo et al. (eds) Studium Classicorum. Visiones del mundo clásico. Vol. 1. Madrid: Guillermo Escolar Editor, pp. 575–585
This paper presents a material and palaeographic analysis of the papyrus letter P.Zen.Pestm. 23 f... more This paper presents a material and palaeographic analysis of the papyrus letter P.Zen.Pestm. 23 from the Zenon archive (3rd century BCE). The letter was written by two different hands: part by its nominal author, Amyntas, and part by a professional scribe. The study identifies and describes the distinct handwriting styles, their features, and the implications for the letter’s production process. It suggests that Amyntas did not merely dictate letters but revised and added to them personally, indicating a two-stage writing process involving dictation to a scribe followed by authorial review and addition.
en Lucía Brage Martínez y Juan-Luis Montero Fenollós (eds) El Próximo oriente antiguo y el Egipto... more en Lucía Brage Martínez y Juan-Luis Montero Fenollós (eds) El Próximo oriente antiguo y el Egipto Faraónico en España y Portugal. Viajeros, pioneros, coleccionistas, instituciones y recepción. pp. 297 - 309. Universitat de Barcelona (Barcino Monographica Orientalia, 13), 2020. ISBN 978-84-9168-419-0.
2015 La Mano del Escriba: recorrido por los tesoros manuscritos de la Abadía de Montserrat, Barcelona: PAMSA 2015. ISBN 9788498837742
Book Reviews by Alba de Frutos García
Emerita: Revista de lingüística y Filología Clásica 83/2, pp. 374-376
Albarrán Martínez, María Jesús, Martín Hernández, Raquel, Pajón Leyra, Irene (eds.), Estudios pap... more Albarrán Martínez, María Jesús, Martín Hernández, Raquel, Pajón Leyra, Irene (eds.), Estudios papirológicos. Textos literarios y documentales del siglo IV a. C. al IV d. C., Madrid, Fundación Pastor de Estudios Clásicos, 196 pp. ISBN: 978-84-617-9454-6. Ilu, Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones 23, 343-345.
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P.Cair.Zen. IV 59538 (TM 1174), dated to 16 January of 257 BCE, is a fragmentary papyrus from the Zenon Archive that preserves the final part of a letter. Along with a significant part of its content, the identity of both its sender and addressee has been lost. However, a careful analysis of the material aspects of the letter reveals that its author and scribe can be identified with Amyntas (TM Per 769), the administrator of the Alexandrine household of Apollonios.
Link to download: https://emerita.revistas.csic.es/index.php/emerita/article/view/1230/1276
Palabras clave: Historiografía, coleccionismo de antigüedades, España, Egipto, Papirología.
[The aim of this article is to present the papyri and ostraca collected by Eduard Toda in Egypt between 1884 and 1886, during his tenure as Spanish vice-consul in Cairo. Drawing from the copies of inventory of the collection made by Toda and some of his publications, we have tried to determine the exact number of pieces, their nature as well as their current whereabouts. After the analysis of the provenance and acquisition circumstances of these ostraca and papyri, we discuss Toda's interest in these pieces of his collection.
Book chapters by Alba de Frutos García
Book Reviews by Alba de Frutos García