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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Name Menander, 342-290 BC Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable)

1. Papyrus 487(A)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 487(A)
Title:
New Comedy (P.Petr. I 4(1), P.Lond.Lit. 90, P.Lond. III 487(a) descr., TM 61586, LDAB 2735, MP3 1662)
Scope & Content:
Fragment with portions of two columns from a new comedy, presumably Menander’s Hydria, with part of a dialogue; the name Demeas occurs.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Papyrus fragment reused as mummy cartonnage, with surface damage in places; broken off at the top and sides; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The feet of two columns are preserved; of the first column, 13 lines lacking the beginnings survive; of the second few letters of the beginnings of 9 lines; with part of the lower margin and intercolumn. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 1823

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1823
Title:
Fragments of a Comedy (Menander's Hydria?) (P.Hib. I 5ro., TM 61587) and Fragments of a Glossary (P.Hib. I 5 vo., TM 61252)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a roll extracted from mummy cartonnage, further portions of which are now in the Institut für Papyrologie in Heidelberg, inventoried as P. G 406), and at the John Rylands Library, Manchester, inventoried as Gr. 16a. Recto (TM 61587, LDAB 2736): Fragments of a comedy, preserving a d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Six fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll recovered from mummy cartonnage, with insect holes and plaster residue in places. Further fragments of the same roll are now held in the Institut für Papyrologie in Heidelberg, inventoried as P. G 406), and at the John Rylands Library, Manchester, inventoried as Gr. 16a. The largest fragment is written on both sides, and bears portions of 3 columns on the front, and remains of 2 columns on the back; the other smaller fragments are written on the front only; fragments B and C preserve portions of 2 columns, while fragments D-F contain parts of a few lines. Fragment E has a dark strain on the back. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

3. Papyrus 2823

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2823
Title:
Three orations of Dio Chrysostomus (TM 59679), and Menander, Georgus (TM 61561)
Scope & Content:
Fragments from different texts: Fragments 1-9 (TM 59679, LDAB 781): Fragments from a papyrus codex containing three works by Dio Chrysostomus, including his two discourses ‘On slavery and freedom’ (Orations XIV and XV), and an otherwise unknown work. Fragment 1: Or. XV.28-32; Or. XIV.1-4; Fra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from different papyrus codices, housed in one glass frame.

Fragments 1-9: Nine fragments of varying size from a dark-brown papyrus codex, possibly from at least five different leaves; written on both sides. The largest fragment contains one column written on either side and the lower margin.

Papyrus 2823(A): Four fragments from a dark-brown papyrus codex, written on both sides.

Papyrus 2823(B): Five small fragments from a papyrus, two of which bear writing on both sides, the others on one side only; one is blank.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Papyrus 3045

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3045
Title:
Land Register and List of Menander’s Plays (P.Oxy. XXVII 2462, TM 61494, LDAB 2641)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a land register on the front, of the late first or early second century, and beginning of a list of nineteen plays of Menander, arranged in alphabetical order (first letter only); the titles preserved begin with the letters alpha to delta; assigned to the second century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
Dark-brown papyrus fragment, with writing on all sides. On the front, there are portions of one column written along the fibres, barely legible; on the back, there the beginnings of 20 lines, running across the fibres; ample blank space on the left. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

7. Papyrus 3050

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3050
Title:
Menander, Dyscolus (P.Oxy. XXVII 2467, TM 61513, LDAB 2660, MP3 1300)
Scope & Content:
Two fragments containing broken lines from Menander’s Dyscolus, fragment 1 having lines 263-272, fragment 2 lines 283-290. With a gloss or correction and double dots to separate speakers by the original scribe.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd-3rd century
Extent:
Two papyrus scraps, numbered 1 and 2 inside the frame, written on one side along the fibres and broken on all sides; parts of 10 and 9 lines respectively are preserved. Housed in one glass case.