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4181. Papyrus 2947

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2947
Title:
Astydamas, Hector (?) and Tragic Verses (P.Hib. II 174, TM 59326, 100217, LDAB 424, 10833)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a tragedy, possibly Astydamas’s Hector, with the choral song, a monody of an unnamed male character, mentioning a prophecy of the seer Helenus, and apparently Achilles’s realization that his armour was lost to Hector. The back bears tragic trimeters, possibly from an anthology.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century BC
Extent:
Three fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage, written on both sides. On the front, the writing runs along the fibres. Fragment 1 preserves portions of two columns from the foot of the roll, with the lower margin; fragment 2 bears portions of 11 lines; fragment 3 has the beginnings of 7 lines. On the back, there are portions of two columns, tattered. The papyrus is mounted on paper in a glass frame.

4182. Papyrus 2948

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2948
Title:
Lexicon and Prose Text (P.Hib. II 175, TM 65730, LDAB 6984)
Scope & Content:
Portions of an alphabetical lexicon, arranged in the order of the first two letters, accompanied by a gloss. In column 1, the glosses are lost and the words begin with de-, in column 2 with eu-. The lemmata are not only Homeric and are given in various forms, possibly based on how they appeared ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
260-240 BC
Extent:
Two fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage, written on both sides. On the front, the writing runs along the fibres. Fragment 1 carries portions of 16 lines; fragment 2 bears portions of 6 lines. On the back, fragment 1 bears portions of 11 lines from one column, written across the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front, and covered with plaster; fragment 2 is blank. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4183. Papyrus 2949

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2949
Title:
Tragedy (?) (P.Hib. II 176, TM 65731, LDAB 6985, MP3 1920)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a literary work, with parts of anapaestic dimeters, perhaps from a ritual song or the choral lyric from a tragedy; ritual accompaniments of worship such as the Phrygian flute are mentioned. On the back there are traces of writing, of which little remains.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
One medium-brown papyrus fragment from mummy cartonnage, darker on the right-hand side of the front; with plaster residue on the back; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 10 lines running along the fibres and lacking the beginnings; right and lower margins survive. The back bears traces of writing across the fibres, mostly effaced. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4184. Papyrus 2950

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2950
Title:
Fragment of a Thebaid (P.Hib. II 177, TM 65732, LDAB 6986, MP3 1780)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of hexameters from mummy cartonnage; the poem is presumably a Thebaid. The right fragment, which corresponds to fragment 1 in the edition, is in direct speech, and a mother seems to be lamenting her son. The reference to a golden thrinax and to the dithyramb may suggest that he is Dion...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments of different size, with surface damage, from mummy cartonnage; writing runs along the fibres on the front. The left fragment preserves remains of 12 lines, the right fragment, which comes first, has remains of 16 lines. The papyrus is badly stained and rubbed. It is housed in a glass case.

4185. Papyrus 2951

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2951
Title:
Tragedy (?) (P.Hib. II 178, TM 65717, LDAB 6971, MP3 1720)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a literary work, presumably a tragedy, of which a few iambic trimeters survive. Traces of effaced writing are visible on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Two non-contiguous fragments from a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage; broken off on all sides and with plaster residue in places; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, the text runs along the fibres; the left-hand fragment preserves the central portions of 11 lines; on the right-hand fragment a few letters from the central portions of 9 lines survive. On the back, there are traces of writing across the fibres, entirely effaced. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

4186. Papyrus 2952

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2952
Title:
Euripides, Heracles (P.Hib. II 179, TM 59926, LDAB 1036)
Scope & Content:
Recto Version of Euripides’ Hercules Furens, with substantial divergences from the medieval tradition. Possibly adaptation of the play for performance of reading purposes (see Meccariello, Philologus 163). Fr. 1: end of the prologue, anapaestic parodos, with the entry of the chorus of elders, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Eight fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage, written on both sides. The roll was of small format, the height being up to 157 mm. On the front, the writing runs along the fibres and portions of 4 columns are preserved. Fragment 1 carries portions of 30 lines, lacking beginnings and ends; fragment 2 bears portions of 2 columns of 4 and 5 lines respectively; fragment 3 has the mid parts of 15 lines; fragment 4 carries the central parts of 5 lines; fragment 5 has 5 fragmentary lines; fragment 6 preserves parts of 6 lines; fragment 7 has parts of 5 lines; fragment 8, originally stuck onto fragment 4, has a few letters from 8 lines and may not belong to the other fragments. The column height was 157 mm. On the back, fragments 1, 4 and 6 bear writing across the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4187. Papyrus 2953

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2953
Title:
Menander, Hydria (?), and Document (P.Hib. II 180, TM 61584, LDAB 2733)
Scope & Content:
Parts of a play, possibly Menander’s Hydria, with stage directions; on the back there are accounts (unpublished).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Two papyrus fragments, reused as mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue; written on both sides. On the front, there are portions of two columns written along the fibres; on the back, there are remains of writing, running across the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4188. Papyrus 2954

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2954
Title:
Fragments of a Comedy (P.Hib. II 181, TM 61585, LDAB 2734)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a comic play, possibly Menander’s Perinthia; with an annotation in different hand, perhaps explaining the action on stage (McNamee, Annotations 2007).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Three papyrus fragments of varying size from a roll, reused as mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres. On the front, fragment 1 bears the ends of 15 lines from the top of a column, with the upper margin; fragment 2 has the middle of 10 lines, and fragment 3 the beginnings of 12 lines from the foot of a column. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4189. Papyrus 2957

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2957
Title:
Logical Exercise (P.Hib. II 184, TM 65734, LDAB 6988)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a logical exercise, possibly based on Platonic logic, with a series of syllogisms having premises and conclusions; the first editor (E. G. Turner) considered it a school exercise written by a student working through a logical handbook.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Two larger fragments with detached scraps from a papyrus roll, reused as mummy cartonnage; dark and stained; written on one side along the fibres. Portions of three narrow columns of varying length survive; the second is 55 mm wide, and has an average of 16 letters to the line. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

4190. Papyrus 2958

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2958
Title:
Ethnographical Work (P.Hib. II 185, TM 65735, LDAB 6989, MP3 2272)
Scope & Content:
Portions of an ethnographical work from mummy cartonnage, possibly on a location in the East; some wild creature and royal buildings are described.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Nine fragments of varying size reused as mummy cartonnage, written on one side across the fibres. The back bears no writing. The largest fragments, numbered 1-3, preserve portions of 22, 20, and 13 lines respectively. The smallest fragments bear a few letters from a few lines. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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