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2181. Papyrus 3038(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3038(1)
Title:
Part 1 of the Hypotheses of Euripides' Plays
Scope & Content:
Portions of a collection of summaries (hypotheses) of Euripides’ plays in alphabetical order of their titles from 'mu' to 'chi'. Additional fragments from the same roll are now in Oxford, Sackler Library, and Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 2nd century
Extent:

Five fragments of varying size from a medium-brown papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. Housed in a glass frame.

2182. Papyrus 3038(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3038(2)
Title:
Part 2 of the Hypotheses of Euripides' Plays
Scope & Content:
Portions of a collection of summaries (hypotheses) of Euripides’ plays in alphabetical order of their titles from 'mu' to 'chi'. Additional fragments from the same roll are now in Oxford, Sackler Library, and Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 2nd century
Extent:

Six fragments of varying size from a medium-brown papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. Housed in a glass frame.

2183. Papyrus 3038(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3038(3)
Title:
Part 3 of the Hypotheses of Euripides' Plays
Scope & Content:
Portions of a collection of summaries (hypotheses) of Euripides’ plays in alphabetical order of their titles from 'mu' to 'chi'. Additional fragments from the same roll are now in Oxford, Sackler Library, and Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 2nd century
Extent:

Two fragments and a larger fragment made of joining pieces from a medium-brown papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. Housed in a glass frame.

2184. Papyrus 3038(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3038(4)
Title:
Part 4 of the Hypotheses of Euripides' Plays
Scope & Content:
Portions of a collection of summaries (hypotheses) of Euripides’ plays in alphabetical order of their titles from 'mu' to 'chi'. Additional fragments from the same roll are now in Oxford, Sackler Library, and Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 2nd century
Extent:

One larger fragment with two detached scraps and several unplaced scraps from a medium-brown papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. Housed in a glass frame.

2185. Papyrus 3038(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3038(5)
Title:
Part 5 of the Hypotheses of Euripides' Plays
Scope & Content:
Portions of a collection of summaries (hypotheses) of Euripides’ plays in alphabetical order of their titles from 'mu' to 'chi'. Additional fragments from the same roll are now in Oxford, Sackler Library, and Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 2nd century
Extent:

Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll with two detached fragments, written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. Housed in a glass frame.

2186. Papyrus 3038(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3038(6)
Title:
Part 6 of the Hypotheses of Euripides' Plays
Scope & Content:
Portions of a collection of summaries (hypotheses) of Euripides’ plays in alphabetical order of their titles from 'mu' to 'chi'. Additional fragments from the same roll are now in Oxford, Sackler Library, and Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 2nd century
Extent:

Several unplaced scraps from a medium-brown papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. Housed in a glass frame.

2187. Papyrus 3039

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3039
Title:
Tax Register and List of Euripides’s Plays (P.Oxy. XXVII 2456, TM 59821, LDAB 926)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a tax register on the front, and list of eighteen plays of Euripides, arranged in alphabetical order (first letter only); the titles preserved begin with the letters sigma to chi; assigned to the second century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus fragment, with writing on all sides. On the front, there are portions of one column written along the fibres; on the back, there is one column, running across the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2188. 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.

2189. 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.

2190. 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.

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