Per un riesame di PRyl III 490

In 1920 B.P. grenfell purchased in egypt a considerable group of papyri on behalf of the John Rylands Library of Manchester. the future PRyl III 490, coming probably from Fayyum, was also part of this lot. the text on this scrap was written in a clear book hand in the first half of the 3rd century BC and preserves a large fragment from a historical narrative that may be the epitome of a more extensive work, now lost. the events mentioned in this text relate to the last years of the reign of Philip II and cover approximately a two-year period between 339 and 337 BC. though the source of the epitome in PRyl III 490 cannot be identified with any certainty, this was probably a work of universal history focusing on the life and deeds of Philip II.

1920 B.P.，格伦费尔受曼彻斯特约翰·莱兰兹图书馆（John Rylands Library）委托，在埃及购得一批数量可观的纸莎草纸（papyri）。后编号为《莱兰兹纸草第三卷第490号》（PRyl III 490）的残片大概率出自法尤姆（Faiyum），亦为这批藏品之一。该残片上的文本以清晰的书籍手写体写于公元前3世纪上半叶，留存有一段历史叙事的大量残篇，该叙事或为某部现已佚失的宏阔著作的节本（epitome）。文本所载事件与腓力二世（Philip II）统治的末年相关，涵盖公元前339年至公元前337年的约两年时段。尽管目前无法确切认定《莱兰兹纸草第三卷第490号》所存节本的来源，但该来源极有可能是一部聚焦腓力二世生平与事迹的通史著作。