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31. Papyrus 783

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 783
Title:
Euripides, Phoenissae (P.Oxy. II 224, P.Lond.Lit. 76, TM 59843, LDAB 948, MP3 421)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a roll with Euripides’ Phoenissae. Column 1: Phoenissae 1017-1043. Column 2: Phoenissae 1064-1071. Another fragment of the same roll, published as P.Ryl. III 547 and housed in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, contains lines 646-657.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 2nd century-mid 3rd century
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, with the back being blank. It preserves parts of two columns; the first column has 29 lines; of the second, few traces of 7 lines remain. Each column would have contained 29-30 lines.The column is 120 mm wide and 154 mm high; the intercolumn measures 60 mm. The surface is damaged in places. The upper and lower margins survive to 46 and 40 mm respectively; the side margins are lost. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case. Another fragment of the same roll is housed in the John Rylands Library, Manchester.

32. Papyrus 1524

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1524
Title:
Hypothesis of Euripides’ Electra and Account (P.Oxy. III 420, P.Lond.Lit. 72, TM 59860, LDAB 966, TM 111095)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a summary (hypothesis) of Euripides’ Electra, lines 341-584, on the recognition of Orestes by Electra. The back was reused to host an account from the late third century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus fragment, written on both sides. On the front, there are 22 lines from the top of a column, written along the fibres and abraded in places. The upper margin survives. On the back, there are portions of one column written across the fibres, of which 13 lines survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

33. Papyrus 1822

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1822
Title:
Tragedy (P.Hib. I 4, P.Lond.Lit. 80, TM 65748, LDAB 7002, MP3 1708)
Scope & Content:
Fragments from the same roll as Papyrus 688, containing trimeters from a tragedy: post-classical? or Euripides’ Oeneus?
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Six fragments of varying size from the same roll as Papyrus 688, reused for mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Fragment A: Portions of 2 columns, of 9 and 7 lines respectively, broken off at the bottom;

Fragment B: Portions of 5 lines;

Fragment C: Portions of 10 lines;

Fragment D: Portions of 11 lines;

Fragment E: Portions of 6 lines;

Fragment F: Portions of 4 lines.

34. Papyrus 2652

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2652
Title:
Account, Archilochus and Euripides (Pap.Lugd.Bat. XX 14-15, P.Lond.Lit. 54, 73, TM 1845-6, 91989)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (Pap.Lugd.Bat. XX 14, P.Lond.Lit. 54, TM 91989, TM 1845, LDAB 333, MP3 130): On one side (verso in Milne, Roberts, et al., possibly recto in Prodi 2019), Archilochus’ tetrameters, perhaps from the end of the work (Prodi 2019); on the other side (possibly verso in Prodi 2019), p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Mid 3rd century BC
Extent:

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

Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, with writing on both sides along the fibres; on one side, there are portions of 8 lines lacking the beginnings; a blank space of 40 mm follows on the right; on the other side are portions of 1 column, written perpendicularly in relation to the other text.

Lower papyrus (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; with writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, portions of two columns survive, originally of 27 lines; intercolumn extant.

35. 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.

36. Papyrus 3038

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3038
Title:
Hypotheses of Euripides’ Plays (P.Oxy. XXVII 2455, TM 59820, LDAB 925, MP3 453)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a papyrus roll containing narrative summaries (hypotheses) of Euripides’ plays, including the first line and summaries of the plays in alphabetical order of their titles from the letter 'mu' to 'chi'. The plays are Medea, Melanippe Sophe, Oedipus, Orestes, Peliades, Sciron, Stheneboe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a medium-brown papyrus roll, housed in six glass frames named Papyrus 3038(1), Papyrus 3038(2), Papyrus 3038(3), Papyrus 3038(4), Papyrus 3038(5), Papyrus 3038(6); written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. There are about 35 lines per column; the average column width is 90 mm; the intercolumn measures about 25 mm. Additional fragments from the same roll are now in Oxford, Sackler Library, inventoried as 102/195(e), and Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale, inventoried as P. gr. 2676 a.

37. 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.

38. 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.

39. 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.

40. 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.