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2171. Papyrus 3040

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3040
Title:
Tax Register and Hypotheses of Euripides’ Plays (P.Oxy. XXVII 2457, TM 111103, 59822, LDAB 927)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 111103): Portion of a late first century tax register, unpublished. Verso (TM 59822, LDAB 927, MP3 454): Hypotheses of some of Euripides’s plays. The surviving portion preserves the summaries of Alcestis and Aeolus; another fragment now in Oxford, inventoried as 42 5B 78/J(3-4) b and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Late 1st century-early 2nd century
Extent:

Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus roll, complete at the bottom and broken off on the other sides; written on both sides. The front bears parts from the foot of a column and traces of another column, written along the fibres; the lower margin is extant. On the back, there are portions of one column written across the fibres. The lower margin is extant. Another fragment of the same roll is now in Oxford, at the Sackler Library, inventoried as 42 5B 78/J(3-4)b. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2172. Papyrus 3041

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3041
Title:
Euripides, Cresphontes (P.Oxy. XXVII 2458, TM 59861, LDAB 967)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll with Euripides’ Cresphontes with stage directions; possibly an actor’s copy of the script. This scene comes from the prologue of the play and part of the parodos, when Cresphontes returns to Messene to avenge his murdered father.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:
Six fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, numbered 1-6 in the frame; with writing along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Fragment 1 bears the tops of three consecutive columns and part of the upper margin, measuring up to 10 mm; fragment 2 carries the remains of one column and part of the lower margin; fragment 3 a few letters from 7 lines; fragment 4 remains of 6 lines; fragment 5 a few letters from 2 lines; fragment 6 bears portions of 1 column. Letters are 2-3 mm high on average. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

2173. Papyrus 3042

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3042
Title:
Euripides, Oedipus (P.Oxy. XXVII 2459, TM 59872, LDAB 979)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus fragments preserving portions Euripides’s Oedipus, with the description of the Sphynx and her riddle.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:
Five fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, numbered 1-5 in the frame; with writing along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Fragment 1 bears the ends of 15 lines and part of the upper margin, measuring up to 25 mm; fragment 2 carries parts of 14 columns, lacking beginnings and ends; fragment 3 has a few letters from 6 lines; fragment 4 bears remains of 4 lines; fragment 5 carries a few letters from 3 lines. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

2174. Papyrus 3043

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3043
Title:
Tax Register and Euripides, Telephus (P.Oxy. XXVII 2460, TM 59801, LDAB 905)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a papyrus roll, bearing a tax register on the front, with columns numbered at the top (unpublished); the back was reused to host Euripides’s Telephus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 1st century
Extent:
Fifty-one fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, numbered 1-51 in the frame; with writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front, and across them on the back. Letter height is 4 mm on average, interlinear space 5 mm; the upper margin survives to 2 mm (fragment 6) and the lower to 59 mm (fragment 15). The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

2175. Papyrus 3044

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3044
Title:
Euripides, Cretans (P.Oxy. XXVII 2461, TM 59823, LDAB 928)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll preserving parts of Euripides’ Cretans, with a description of the Minotaur.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
Five fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, numbered 1-5 in the frame; with writing along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Fragment 1 bears the mid portions of 26 lines; fragment 2 carries the ends of 8 lines from one column, and the beginnings of 9 lines of a second column; fragment 3 preserves parts of 7 lines, fragment 4 has portions of 4 lines and fragment 5 of 5 lines. The upper margin survives to 6 mm; the longest line may have been about 85 mm, while the column was presumably 93 mm. Letters are 2-3 mm wide and high on average. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

2176. Papyrus 3045

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3045
Title:
Land Register and List of Menander’s Plays (P.Oxy. XXVII 2462, TM 61494, LDAB 2641)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a land register on the front, of the late first or early second century, and beginning of a list of nineteen plays of Menander, arranged in alphabetical order (first letter only); the titles preserved begin with the letters alpha to delta; assigned to the second century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
Dark-brown papyrus fragment, with writing on all sides. On the front, there are portions of one column written along the fibres, barely legible; on the back, there the beginnings of 20 lines, running across the fibres; ample blank space on the left. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2177. 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.

2178. Papyrus 3047

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3047
Title:
Hyperides (?), Forensic Speech (P.Oxy. XXVII 2464, TM 61287, LDAB 2429, MP3 2499)
Scope & Content:
Three fragmentary columns with part of a speech from the Attic law-courts concerning a case of inheritance: Demeas, appointed as guardian of Demostratus’ grandchild, is being prosecuted by the latter. Possibly a speech by Hyperides.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Four papyrus fragments, three of which fit together, forming a composite fragment, written on one side along the fibres and preserving portions of three columns: the upper fragment, which is the largest, has few remains of the first column and the upper part of the second and third; the lower fragment contains the ends of the second and third columns. Upper and lower margin survive to approximately 3 and 4 cm respectively; the intercolumnium is 1.5 cm, and each column has an average of 10-15 letters, being approximately 4.5 cm wide. Housed in one glass case.

2179. Papyrus 3048

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3048
Title:
Satyrus, On the Demes of Alexandria (P.Oxy. XXVII 2465, TM 62718, LDAB 3906, MP3 1457)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary columns preserving portions of Satyrus’ treatise ‘On the demes of Alexandria’. Explanations of the names of tribes and demes are given and directions for a procession in honour of Arsinoe Philadelphus are provided, with instructions about the route and the dignitaries involved and ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, three of which of fair size, written on one side along the fibres, and preserving portions of at least seven columns. Numbered inside the frames 1-21, with fragments 4 and 16 missing. Housed in one glass case.

2180. Papyrus 3049

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3049
Title:
Sesonchosis Novel (P.Oxy. XXVII 2466, TM 64093, LDAB 5311, MP3 2619.1)
Scope & Content:
A piece from the novel about the legendary pharaoh Sesonchosis, an ideal king and world conqueror, recounting some warfare between the Egyptians and the Arabs, the latter being disastrously defeated. A small fraction of survivors able to flee consisted of the contingent of Webelis, an Arabian le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Six joining papyrus fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and preserving 28 lines from a bottom of a column; broken at the top, the lower margin being 4.5 cm and the side margins surviving to 2 cm. The average number of letters per line is 24. Traces of adjoining columns can be seen at either side. Another fragment from the same roll is P.Oxy. LXXXI 5262 (Sackler Library, inv. no. 102/24(a)), which preserves 13 lines written by the same hand. Debated whether also P.Oxy. XLVII 3319 belongs to the same roll. Damaged by wormholes throughout; housed in one glass case.

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