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1411. Papyrus 1862(A-G)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1862(A-G)
Title:
Miscellaneous Texts (TM 60505-60506, 61278, 63517-63518, 65532)
Scope & Content:
Upper left fragment (A) (P.Lond.Lit. 3, TM 60505, LDAB 1628): Fragment of a papyrus containing Homer, Iliad I 608-611, with traces of line 607. Assigned to the second century. AD Second fragment from top (B) (P.Lond.Lit. 195, TM 65532, LDAB 6783): Fragment of an elegiac poem, or possibly a comm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century BC-2nd century
Extent:

Seven papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper left fragment (A): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 4 lines written along the fibres, and traces of another line at the top. The back is dark-stained in places.

Second fragment from top (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom (front), broken off on all sides; written on both sides. On the front, there are portions of 10 lines written along the fibres from the bottom of a column. The lower margin is extant. The back bears portions of 6 lines written across the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front.

Upper right fragment (C): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom and right, broken off on the other sides; written on one side; the back is blank. On the front, there are the ends of 7 lines from the foot of a column, written along the fibres. Right and lower margins survive, the lower being ample and measuring 40 mm.

Small fragment in the middle on the right (D): Light-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; the writing runs on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 6 columns written along the fibres.

Lower left fragment (E): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, apparently broken off on all sides; written on both sides. On the front, there are portions of 9 lines written along the fibres, well-spaced; on the back, there are the beginnings of 22 lines written across the fibres.

Middle fragment at the bottom (F): Dark-brown papyrus fragment, of lighter colour on the back; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are a few letters from the ends of 17 lines.

Lower right fragment (G): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom and right, broken off on the other sides; written on one side; the back is blank. On the front, there are the ends of 12 lines from the foot of a column, written along the fibres. Right and lower margins are minimal.

1412. Papyrus 1864

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1864
Title:
Order to Pay and Account (SB XX 14462, TM 14884, 14244)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 14884): Order of Alypius to Heroninus, estate manager, to deliver a quantity of vinegar to Palas, estate manager of Philoteris; with Palas’ acknowledgment of receipt. The beginning of the text is contained in P.Flor. II 164. Dated to 249-268. Verso (TM 14244): Account of wine by Heron...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
249-269
Extent:
Papyrus sheet of light colour, broken off at the top and bottom, lacking fibres in places and displaying other surface damage; written on both sides. On the front, there are 10 lines running along the fibres, the first and last being mutilated. Blank space separates lines 9 and 10. The left margins survives, and no margin was left to the right. The back bears portions of 21 lines, abraded, written across the fibres in the left-hand side of the sheet. One word is written along the fibres in the upper right corner. The upper portion of the sheet is a fragment housed in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, and published as P.Flor. II 164. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1413. Papyrus 1869

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1869
Title:
Requisitions of Fodder (AfP 65 (2019), pp. 333-337, TM 837694)
Scope & Content:
List of requisitions of fodder from various Antinoite villages for the army or the administration; with heading stating the purpose and names of sixteen villages; the quantities of fodder may have followed; with check marks opposite most entries. On the back there are few letters of a column, p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 7th century
Extent:

Papyrus fragment, broken off at the bottom and right and with some damage in the preserved portion; writing runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. On the front there are the beginnings of 19 lines; the left margin is extant and a sheet-join runs along the height of the papyrus at c. 20 mm from the left-hand edge. The back bears traces of a column, of which 1-4 letters survive; the text is written upside down in relation to the text on the front; the left margin is ample. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1414. Papyrus 1873

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1873
Title:
Homer, Iliad II (P.Lond.Lit. 6, TM 60260, LDAB 1380, MP3 643), and Other Texts (TM 113039)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a papyrus roll containing lines from Homer’s Iliad II, with marginal annotations and stichometry, end-title, and a prose introduction to the Iliad; other texts (further lines from the Iliad, a name, and documentary texts) are present at the end of the recto and on the verso. Papyrus...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1-87
Extent:

Fragments of a medium-brown papyrus roll, darkened in places; housed in seven glass frames named Papyrus 1873(1), Papyrus 1873(2), Papyrus 1873(3), Papyrus 1873(4), Papyrus 1873(5), Papyrus 1873(6), and Papyrus 1873(7). Each sheet forming the roll is about 165 mm wide; the front of the roll has 22 columns written parallel to the fibres, with each column measuring 190 x 180 mm on average and having about 35 lines.Occasionally, there is writing on the back, running across the fibres. Seven fragments of the same roll are now in Manchester, John Rylands Library (Gr. 540 Ro), one fragment at the Library of Congress of Washington (inv. 4082 B), another at the Pierpont Morgan Library (inv. M662B(6b) + (27k)), and one at the Universitätsbibliothek in Giessen (inv. 213).

1415. Papyrus 1873(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1873(1)
Title:
Portions from Iliad II 251-345
Scope & Content:
Portion of a roll containing Homer’s Iliad II 251-254, 267-284, 296-309, 331-345, with marginal annotations. On the back, there is trace of a letter.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1-87
Extent:

Five fragments of varying size from a medium-brown papyrus roll, written along the fibres on one side. Portions of four columns are preserved; part of the upper margin survives; back mostly blank with the exception of one letter, written across the fibres at the top. Housed in a glass frame.

1416. Papyrus 1873(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1873(2)
Title:
Portions from Iliad II 364-462
Scope & Content:
Portion of a roll containing Homer’s Iliad II 364-395, 398-430, 435-462, with stichometric annotation (delta = 400) and the letter pi (=poietes, poet). On the back, a word is visible, perhaps the beginning of a verse.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1-87
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a medium-brown papyrus roll, abraded in places; written along the fibres on one side, with one word written across the fibres on the back. Portions of three columns are preserved on the front, alongside the upper margin. Housed in a glass frame.

1417. Papyrus 1873(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1873(3)
Title:
Portions from Iliad II 466-559
Scope & Content:
Portion of a roll containing Homer’s Iliad II 466-494, 498-526, 529-559, with an additional line inserted after line 498.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1-87
Extent:

Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll, abraded in places; written along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Portions of three columns are preserved alongside the upper margin. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1418. Papyrus 1873(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1873(4)
Title:
Portions from Iliad II 562-660
Scope & Content:
Portion of a roll containing Homer’s Iliad II 562-592, 597-625, 630-660, with omission of lines 586-587 and 657. The back bears Iliad 1 1-2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1-87
Extent:

Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll, broken off at the bottom and damaged at the top and in the centre along the width; written along the fibres on the front, with portions of three columns and the upper margin surviving. The back is mostly blank, with the exception of three lines running across the fibres at the bottom in the centre. Housed in a glass frame.

1419. Papyrus 1873(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1873(5)
Title:
Portions from Iliad II 663-760
Scope & Content:
Portion of a roll containing Homer’s Iliad II 663-691, 696-726, 730-760, with an additional line after line 683 and omission of line 687. Traces of writing are visible on the back, perhaps a name (Epagathos).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1-87
Extent:

Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll, broken off at the bottom and damaged at the top and along the centre; written along the fibres on the front, with portions of three columns and the upper margin surviving. The back is mostly blank, with the exception of some traces running across the fibres at the bottom left and a stroke in the centre. Housed in a glass frame.

1420. Papyrus 1873(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1873(6)
Title:
Portions from Iliad II 803-875
Scope & Content:
Portion of a roll containing Homer’s Iliad II 803-830, 838-875 (lines 818-819, 822, 825-826, 828-829 in lacuna), with omission of line 839. The back of the smaller fragments bear cursive writing (document or verses?).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1-87
Extent:

Three fragments of varying size from a medium-brown papyrus roll, abraded in places; written along the fibres on the front; portions of two columns survive, the first of which is very fragmentary, alongside the upper margin. The largest fragment is blank on the back, while the two smaller fragments bear portions of a few lines running across the fibres on the back. Housed in a glass frame.

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