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391. Papyrus 488

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 488
Title:
Plato, Phaedo (P.Petr. I 5-8, TM 62649, LDAB 3835, MP3 1388), and Fragment of a Comedy (P.Lond.Lit. 254, TM 65743, LDAB 6997, MP3 1635)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a roll extracted from mummy cartonnage, preserving portions of Plato’s Phaedo 67B-84B and a few lines from an Old Comedy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, reused as mummy cartonnage, mounted on cardboard in four glass frames, named Papyrus 488(1), Papyrus 488(2), Papyrus 488(3), Papyrus 488(4). The fragments bear writing on one side along the fibres. Portions of 18 columns survive, each column having an average of 22 lines. Each column measures 145 x 70 mm; the upper margin measures 30 mm, the lower 40 mm. A small fragment of lighter colour in Papyrus 488(3) belongs to another roll.

392. Papyrus 488(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 488(1)
Title:
Phaedo 67E-69A
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll from mummy cartonnage, containing portions of Plato’s Phaedo 67E-69A.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll reused as mummy cartonnage, written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. Portions of three columns, the upper and lower margins survive; the upper fragments bear portions of a few lines. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

393. Papyrus 488(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 488(2)
Title:
Phaedo 79C-81C
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll from mummy cartonnage, containing portions of Plato’s Phaedo 79C, 80D-81C.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Four fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll reused as mummy cartonnage, written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. Portions of three columns, the upper and lower margins survive; the upper fragments bear portions of a few lines. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

394. Papyrus 488(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 488(3)
Title:
Phaedo 67B, 82A-84B, and Fragment of a Comedy
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll from mummy cartonnage, containing portions of Plato’s Phaedo 67B, 82A-D, 84A-B. The small fragment of lighter colour at the bottom right preserves the beginnings of four iambic lines, apparently from a comedy (Old Comedy?).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Eight fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll reused as mummy cartonnage, some of which are covered with plaster residue; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. The largest fragment bears portions of three columns and the lower margin; the other fragments preserve portions of a few lines. The small fragment of lighter colour at the bottom right belongs to another papyrus and preserves the beginnings of 4 lines, with traces of another line at the top. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

395. Papyrus 488(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 488(4)
Title:
Phaedo 83A-84A
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll from mummy cartonnage, containing portions of Plato’s Phaedo 83A-84A.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Two fragments from a papyrus roll reused as mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. Portions of four columns, upper and lower margins survive. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

396. Papyrus 489

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 489
Title:
Collection of Barbaric Customs (P. Lond. Lit. 112; P. Petrie I. 9; TM 59306; Mertens-Pack3 2183)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a collection of Nomima Barbarika attributable to Nymphodorus of Amphipolis or Dionysius of Heraclea.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Six fragments of a roll, writing on one side only along the fibres, mounted in glass.

397. Papyrus 490

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 490
Title:
Fragment of a Rhetorical Text (P.Petr. I 10, P.Lond.Lit. 137, TM 65744, LDAB 6998, MP3 2523)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a rhetorical composition praising Achilles and his devotion to Patroclus as the best example of philetairia; recovered from mummy cartonnage.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Portion of a papyrus roll, broken off at the bottom and sides, somewhat torn at the top; from mummy cartonnage, with surface damage; bearing writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of three columns remain; of the first, only the line-ends survive. Part of the upper margin and the intercolumns survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

398. Papyrus 491

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 491
Title:
Will of Peisias (P.Petr.2 I 13, P.Petr. I 12, P.Petr. III 9, TM 47308)
Scope & Content:
Copy of the will of Peisias, a Lycian military settler with land in the Arsinoite nome, who makes provisions for Pisicrates, his son from his first marriage, and for his wife Axiothea. He bequeaths to Pisicrates an apartment house in Alexandria with furniture and some Syrian slaves; his wife is ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
238-237 BC
Extent:

Two fragments of a sheet from a papyrus roll reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off at the bottom and damaged by holes especially in the left-hand portion; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; there is one column of 24 lines; few letters of a second column are visible at the bottom right. A sheet-join runs across the fibres in the right edge; another sheet was originally glued on the left, as indicated by the paler strip on the left edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

399. Papyrus 492

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 492
Title:
Wills (P.Petr.2 I 16, SB XIV 11306, P.Petr. I 17(1-2), P.Petr. III 10-11, 14-17, P.Lond. III 492a descr., TM 47309; P.Petr.2 I 9, P.Petr. I 17(3), P.Petr. III 8(1), P.Lond. III 492b descr., TM 47306)
Scope & Content:
Register listing wills, reused as mummy cartonnage. Upper fragments and lower left fragment (A) (P.Petr.2 I 16, SB XIV 11306, P.Petr. I 17(1-2), P.Petr. III 10-11, 14-17, P.Lond. III 492a descr., TM 47309): Portions of a roll listing wills for the year 236-235 BC. Additional fragments preservin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
238-235 BC
Extent:

Fragments of papyrus sheets reused as mummy cartonnage from the same register; written on one side along the fibres and mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper fragments and lower left fragment (A): Fragments from two consecutive sheets of the same roll; the upper fragments join at the bottom right and preserve 25 lines of one column, with line 12 being lost. The lower fragment contains the bottom left corner of the second column, with the beginnings of 19 lines.

There are 9 additional fragments preserving further portions of these two columns and of a third consecutive column: these are BL Papyrus 596(a-b), and the papyri in Trinity College, Dublin, inventoried as FF4 (5 fragments), FF6, F30. Trinity College FF6 joins BL Papyrus 492A at the top right, and preserves the middle portions of the first 10 lines. BL Papyrus 596b joins with BL Papyrus 492A at the bottom, and contains 20 lines from the lower left part of column 1; one of the fragments inventoried as Trinity College FF4 and F30 joins with BL Papyrus 492A, lower fragment.

Lower right fragment (B): Broken off on all sides, with portions of 19 lines; no margin survives. A sheet-join runs across the fibres at c. 5 mm. from the right edge.

400. Papyrus 493

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 493
Title:
Wills (P.Petr.2 I 24, P.Petr. I 19, Chrest.Mitt. 301, P.Lond. III 493 descr., TM 47313)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a register of wills. Column 1, lines 1-14: Conclusion of a will, with the list of witnesses. The name of the testator is lost. Line 15-end: Will of Aphrodisius, who makes provisions for his wife Axiothea. The names of the witnesses follow. Column 2: Traces of another will, all deta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
226-225 BC
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off at the sides, with residues of plaster and red paint, and surface damage in places; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are portions of two columns: the first column has 38 lines, lacking the beginnings; the second is badly mutilated, and only few letters from the beginnings of few lines survive. Upper and lower margins are extant. Two sheet-joins run from top to bottom, one in the middle of column one, and the other in the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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