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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Name Sophocles, tragedian, 497 BC-405 BC Level [40] File

1. Papyrus 486

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 486
Title:
Miscellaneous Literary Texts (TM 60165, 61233, 62771, 62675)
Scope & Content:
Upper left papyrus (A) (P.Petr. I 3(1), P.Lond.Lit. 57, 71, TM 62675): Gnomic anthology with quotations arranged by topic, quoting Ps.-Epicharmus and Euripides. Assigned to the first three quarters of the 3rd century BC. Upper right papyrus (B) (P.Petr. I 3(2), P.Lond.Lit. 79, TM 62771): Fragme...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC-2nd century BC
Extent:

Four papyrus fragments that do not belong together, extracted from mummy cartonnage, mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.

Upper left papyrus (A): Upper portion of a papyrus, complete at the top, broken off on the other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 9 lines; the upper margin is extant. The back is blank.

Upper right papyrus (B): Papyrus fragment, written on one side along the fibres and preserving the foot of a column, with the beginnings of 18 lines. The back is blank.

Lower left papyrus (C): Papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears parts of 6 lines, with traces of another line at the bottom. The back is blank.

Lower right papyrus (D): Light-brown papyrus fragment, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears parts of two adjacent columns of 20 and 19 lines respectively. The lower margin survives partly. The back is blank.

2. Papyrus 690(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 690(A-B)
Title:
Sophocles, Niobe (P.Grenf. II 6(a), TM 62769), and Fragments of a Play (P.Grenf. II 6(c), TM 65718)
Scope & Content:
Fragments extracted from mummy cartonnage. A (P.Grenf. II 6(a), P.Lond.Lit. 68, TM 62769, LDAB 3957): Fragments of Sophocles’s Niobe, with the goddess Artemis killing the daughters of Niobe. P.Hib. I 11 is another fragment of the same papyrus. B (P.Grenf. II 6(c), P.Lond.Lit. 82, TM 65718, LDA...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Six papyrus fragments recovered from mummy cartonnage, housed in the same glass frame.

A: Four fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres. On the front, each fragment preserves the middle of a column. The back bears traces of plaster of the painted decoration. Another fragment of the same roll has been published as P.Hib. I 11 and is now at the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

B: Two small fragments, broken off on all sides, written on one side along the fibres. Each fragment preserves portions of a few lines (7 and 8 lines respectively) running along the fibres. The back is blank.

3. Papyrus 743

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 743
Title:
Sophocles, Oedipus Rex (P.Oxy. I 22, P.Lond. III 743 descr., P.Lond.Lit. 69 descr., TM 62759, LDAB 3947, MP3 1468)
Scope & Content:
The upper portion of a leaf from a papyrus codex containing verses from Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, one side having verses 375-385 written across the fibres, with heading letters in the upper margin, the other side containing verses 429-441 written along the fibres. Corrections were added by a diffe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Upper portion of a leaf from a papyrus codex, preserving part of one column on each side; broken at the bottom but well preserved as to the rest. The upper margin survives to 3 cm. Ink is faded at places; the heading letter on one side, added at a later stage, is in black ink, the rest being in brown ink; housed in one glass case. Number 22 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy.

4. Papyrus 2069

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2069
Title:
Sophocles, Eurypylus (P.Oxy. IX 1175, P.Oxy. XVII 2081(b), P.Lond.Lit. 66, TM 62742, LDAB 3930, MP3 1472)
Scope & Content:
Fragments with Sophocles’s Eurypylus concerning the deeds and death of Eurypylus, son of Telephus, by the hand of Neoptolemus, preserving Astyoche’s lament, the choral ode and the burial of the corpse, and fragmentary dialogues. Sister roll of Papyrus 2068, in the same hand. Presumably a schola...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

119 fragments of varying size housed in four glass frames named Papyrus 2069(1), Papyrus 2069(2), Papyrus 2069(3), Papyrus 2069(4); originally 107 fragments, with later discovery of 18 additional fragments, some of which join the earlier fragments. From a luxury papyrus roll, made up of sheets 230-260 mm wide; sister roll of Papyrus 2068; written on one side along the fibres; the back bears modern annotations. The fragments, damaged by insect holes, preserve portions from various columns; the column height is 115 mm and its width 136 mm; margins and intercolumn are broad, with the lower margin measuring 35 mm; two levels of indentation are used (at 11 and 17 mm).

Papyrus 2069(1): Fragments 1-6, and new fragments 1 and 2; new fragment 1 has been added to fragment 1, and new fragment 2 to fragment 2;

Papyrus 2069(2): Fragments 6-53 (original fragment 46 belongs to Papyrus 2068(2));

Papyrus 2069(3): Fragments 54-93, new fragment 3 joining fragments 80-81, new fragment 4 joining fragment 84;

Papyrus 2069(4): Fragments 94-107; new fragments 5-18.

5. Papyrus 3036

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3036
Title:
Sophocles, Theseus (P.Oxy. XXVII 2452, TM 62743, LDAB 3931, MP3 1479)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll preserving portions of a play on Theseus in Crete, presumably by Sophocles, with scholia. Among the parts preserved are Theseus’speeches (fragment 1, with Theseus’name noted in the margin, and fragment 3, with the speaker mentioning past successes and expressing confi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

86 numbered fragments (2 of which are missing) and 3 unnumbered scraps of a papyrus roll, housed in five glass frames named Papyrus 3036(1-5), Papyrus 3036(6-21), Papyrus 3036(22-57), Papyrus (58-86), and Papyrus 3036(Frags). The fragments are of varying size, many of them being small scraps, darkened in places, and display some surface damage. Writing runs along the fibres on one side. Modern annotations are found on the back of some fragments.

Papyrus 3036(1-5): Five fragments of moderate size. Fragment 1 bears remains of 15 lines and traces of an additional line at the bottom; fragment 2 remains of 20 lines from the top of a column, with trace of another line at the bottom, and marginal annotations; part of the upper margin survives; in fragment 3 there are portions 23 lines from the top of a column, all lacking the ends; fragment 4 contains the ends of few lines of a column and portions of 18 lines from the top of another column; fragment 5 bears parts of 21 lines.

Papyrus 3036(6-21): 16 fragments, with only 6-7 being of moderate size. Fragment 6 contains the beginnings of 22 lines from the top of a column, and fragment 7 preserves the top of a column; the beginnings of 14 lines, with a gap of 3 lines after line 1, remain. Of the other fragments, no. 9 bears remains of 9 lines, no. 11 preserves 8 lines from the top of a column, broken to the sides, and no. 12 has 8 lines from the top of a column. Part of the upper margin survives in fragments 11-12, 14-15.

Papyrus 3036(22-57): 34 fragments; numbers 43 and 51 are missing. All fragments are of small size and preserve few letters from few lines, with the exception of no. 48, which bears remains of 10 lines, in addition to another line lacuna.

Papyrus 3036(58-86): 29 fragments of small size, preserving few letters from few lines; fragment 75 bears traces of 15 lines in poor condition; fragment 76 is also bigger, but badly damaged. Fragment 61 may be related to fragment 4.

Papyrus 3036(frags): Three unnumbered scraps, bearing few letters.