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Project / Collection Papyri Collections Language Greek, Ancient Name Callimachus, Greek poet and librarian, c 305 BC-c 240 BC

1. Papyrus 131

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 131
Title:
Aristotle's Constitution of the Athenians (P.Lond.Lit. 108) and Other Texts: Scholia on Callimachus’ Aetia (P.Lond. Lit. 181), Farm Accounts (SB VIII 9699, P.Lond. I 131*), Commentary on Demosthenes’ In Midiam (P. Lond. Lit. 179)
Scope & Content:
Recto: - Papyrus 131 (1): Scholia on Callimachus’ Aetia (P. Lond. Lit. 181, TM 59363, LDAB 462, MP3 197). Three columns at the beginning of the roll, the first and the third with only a few lines, of fragments of scholia on Callimachus's Aetia (Σ Lond. = frr. 1d, 2a, and 2e Harder), copied in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
78-c 100
Extent:

Four papyrus rolls, one of which was divided into two pieces, now separately framed; written on both sides, with two texts being upside down in relation to the other texts written on the same side.

2. Papyrus 3046

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3046
Title:
Tax Register and Commentary (P.Oxy. XXVII 2463, TM 59531, LDAB 926)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a tax register on the front, reused on the back for a commentary, apparently on a poetic text or mythography, concerning the legend of Poimandrus, a Boeatian hero who founded Tanagra and killed one of his sons. The story deviates from Plutarch’s version. The commentary may have been on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus fragment, with writing on all sides. On the front, there are portions of one column written along the fibres, with lower margin extant; on the back, there is one column, running across the fibres, broken off at the top and right; with a few traces of a preceding column. The lower margin measures 40 mm. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.