Search

Thirteen papyrus fragments, only some of which belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper left papyrus (A): Fragment of a papyrus, with surface damage throughout; written on one side; portions of 13 lines running along the fibres, barely readable in places.

Upper right papyrus (B): Upper part of a leaf from a papyrus codex, with surface damage; from the same codex as two other fragments, now in Manchester, John Rylands Library (Gr. 2), and New York, Pierpont Morgan Library (Amherst Gr. 4). The fragment is written on both sides, along and across the fibres, and preserves portions of 10 and 11 lines, illegible in places. The upper margin measures 40 mm, the side margin measures 70 mm.

Two fragments in the centre on the left (C): Two small papyrus fragments, broken off on all sides; written on both sides across the fibres.

Right fragment in the centre (D): Papyrus fragment of light colour from a codex, broken off on all sides; written on both sides, along and across the fibres.

All other fragments (E): Eight medium-to-dark brown fragments of varying size from a papyrus codex; broken off on all sides; writing on both sides, along and across the fibres.

Seven papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper left fragment (A): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 4 lines written along the fibres, and traces of another line at the top. The back is dark-stained in places.

Second fragment from top (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom (front), broken off on all sides; written on both sides. On the front, there are portions of 10 lines written along the fibres from the bottom of a column. The lower margin is extant. The back bears portions of 6 lines written across the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front.

Upper right fragment (C): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom and right, broken off on the other sides; written on one side; the back is blank. On the front, there are the ends of 7 lines from the foot of a column, written along the fibres. Right and lower margins survive, the lower being ample and measuring 40 mm.

Small fragment in the middle on the right (D): Light-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; the writing runs on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 6 columns written along the fibres.

Lower left fragment (E): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, apparently broken off on all sides; written on both sides. On the front, there are portions of 9 lines written along the fibres, well-spaced; on the back, there are the beginnings of 22 lines written across the fibres.

Middle fragment at the bottom (F): Dark-brown papyrus fragment, of lighter colour on the back; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are a few letters from the ends of 17 lines.

Lower right fragment (G): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom and right, broken off on the other sides; written on one side; the back is blank. On the front, there are the ends of 12 lines from the foot of a column, written along the fibres. Right and lower margins are minimal.

Papyrus fragment, broken off at the bottom and right and with some damage in the preserved portion; writing runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. On the front there are the beginnings of 19 lines; the left margin is extant and a sheet-join runs along the height of the papyrus at c. 20 mm from the left-hand edge. The back bears traces of a column, of which 1-4 letters survive; the text is written upside down in relation to the text on the front; the left margin is ample. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

Fragments of a medium-brown papyrus roll, darkened in places; housed in seven glass frames named Papyrus 1873(1), Papyrus 1873(2), Papyrus 1873(3), Papyrus 1873(4), Papyrus 1873(5), Papyrus 1873(6), and Papyrus 1873(7). Each sheet forming the roll is about 165 mm wide; the front of the roll has 22 columns written parallel to the fibres, with each column measuring 190 x 180 mm on average and having about 35 lines.Occasionally, there is writing on the back, running across the fibres. Seven fragments of the same roll are now in Manchester, John Rylands Library (Gr. 540 Ro), one fragment at the Library of Congress of Washington (inv. 4082 B), another at the Pierpont Morgan Library (inv. M662B(6b) + (27k)), and one at the Universitätsbibliothek in Giessen (inv. 213).