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Project / Collection Papyri Collections Name Hyperides Level [40] File

1. Papyrus 98

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 98
Title:
Greek and Old Coptic Horoscope (P.Lond. I. 98; P.Copt. 366, TM 23938), and Hyperides' Funeral Oration over Leosthenes (P.Lond.Lit. 133, TM 61282)
Scope & Content:
Recto: lines 1-115 - Greek horoscope for the year 95CE lines 116-18 - The Old Coptic Horoscope Verso: The Funeral Oration of Hyperides over Leosthenes (TLG 0030.006)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
95-199
Extent:

15 fragments of a roll, written on both sides, framed and glazed.

2. Papyrus 108

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 108
Title:
Hyperides, Orations Against Demosthenes and in Defense of Lycophron (P.Lond.Lit. 132, TM 61281, LDAB 2423, MP3 1233)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus 108 is now in 13 frames labelled from Papyrus 108 (1) - Papyrus 108 (13), each of which houses one or more numbered fragments. Contents of the separate frames are described against the edition of Jensen (Jensen, Hyperidis, (1917)). Papyrus 108 (1) Fragment 1 = Hyperides: In Demosthene...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
75-125
Extent:

39 fragments of a papyrus roll now mounted in 13 glass cases. Other portions of the same roll are now Papyrus 115 (1-2) and Cambridge, St John's College Aa 5.1; Paris, Louvre 1169 and Rossale School (Fragmenta Tancockiana).

3. Papyrus 115

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 115
Title:
Hyperides’ Pro Lycophrone and Pro Euxenippo (P.Lond.Lit. 132, TM 61281, LDAB 2423, MP3 1233)
Scope & Content:
48 columns from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 108, of which this papyrus is the continuation; the layout and arrangement of the columns is very regular; kollêsis joins are visible throughout, and there are alignment dots; punctuation is marked by spacing and sometimes by using paragraphoi as ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
75-125
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and preserving 48 columns; the papyrus, housed in three glass frames and mounted on cardboard, is part of the same roll as Papyrus 108. When complete, the roll must have been over 7 metres long. Further fragments are to be found in the papyrus of Cambridge, St John’s College Aa 5.1 Ardenianus, and in P.Louvre inv. 7169.

4. Papyrus 134

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 134
Title:
Hyperides, Against Philippides (P.Lond.Lit. 134, TM 61289, LDAB 2431, MP3 1234)
Scope & Content:
Hyperides’s Against Philippides, from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 133 (Demosthenes, Epistula III), but in a different hand. The beginning is fragmentary.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid-2nd century BC
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 133, with blank space of about 300 mm to separate the texts and in a different hand; Papyrus 133 is the continuation; broken off at the beginning, and written on one side along the fibres, with the back blank. Each sheet forming the roll is about 180 mm wide. There remain 9 complete columns, and portions from other columns, very fragmentary; each column measures150 x 43 mm and has 26 to 28 lines, with an average of 17 letters per line; lines begin progressively further to the left (Mass’s Law); the intercolumn measures about 10 mm, the upper margin 35 mm, and the lower c.50 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in two glass frames named Papyrus 134(1), and Papyrus 134(2).

Papyrus 134(1): fragments of varying size;

Papyrus 134(2): few holes and breaks in places, overall well preserved; 9 columns, complete; upper, lower and right margin extant.

5. Papyrus 2468

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2468
Title:
Hyperides(?), Pro Lycophrone (P.Oxy. XIII 1607, P.Lond.Lit. 135, TM 61285, LDAB 2427, MP3 2500)
Scope & Content:
A speech in defense of Lycophron assigned to Hyperides, different from the one preserved by Papyri 108 and 115. Lycophron was accused of adultery with a woman whose husband was ill and had allegedely dug a hole in the wall that divided his house from hers. The third person is used throughout the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size of a papyrus roll, mounted on cardboard in three glass cases named Papyrus 2468(1), Papyrus 2468(2), and Papyrus 2468(3). Portions of at least ten columns are preserved; each column contained 39-40 lines, and each line had an average of 13-15 letters. Writing is on one side along the fibres. Corrections were made by the original scribe and possibly also by a second hand. The intercolumn measures 20 mm; the upper (see Papyrus 2468(2)) and lower margins (see Papyrus 2468(1)) survive to 35 mm and 30 mm respectively. Papyrus 2468(3) contains the unplaced fragments numbered from 13 to 47 alongside two other scraps without numbers.

6. 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.