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Name Plato, 427 BC-347 BC Place Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt

1. Papyrus 786

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 786
Title:
Plato, Phaedo 109 (P.Oxy. II 229, P.Lond.Lit. 146, TM 62592, LDAB 3776, MP3 1392)
Scope & Content:
One fragmentary column of a papyrus roll containing Plato, Phaedo 109 C-D, with traces of another column visible to the right. In the upper margin are three lines of scholiastic annotations in a cursive hand of the second or third century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 2nd century
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll, darker in the lower part of the left edge, broken off at the bottom, right and left, and somewhat damaged in the preserved portion, with loose and dislocated fibres and holes. The text on the front runs along the fibres; parts of 30 lines from the top of one column survive, each containing 19-23 letters; traces of one letter opposite the 28th and 29th lines belong to a second column. The intercolumn measures 15 mm and the upper margin 45 mm; no other margin is preserved. The upper margin hosts three lines of cursive writing. The number in red refers to the edition in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2. Papyrus 2048

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2048
Title:
Plato, Phaedrus (P.Oxy. VII 1017, P.Lond.Lit. 147, TM 62618, LDAB 3803, MP3 1401)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus roll with portions of Plato’s Phaedrus. Papyrus 2048(1) Column 1: Two letters only; Column 2: Phaedrus 238c-238d; Column 3: Phaedrus 238e-239a; Column 4: Phaedrus 239a-239c, with marginal annotations; Column 5: Phaedrus 239c-239e, with marginal annotations; Column 6: Phaedrus 239...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, housed in three glass frames named Papyrus 2048(1), Papyrus 2048(2), and Papyrus 2048(3). The fragments housed in the second and third frames are mounted on cardboard, their back side being blank. The back of Papyrus 2048(1) bears few traces of ink. Each sheet forming the roll was between 170 and at least 215 mm wide.

The fragments bear portions of 18 columns written parallel to the fibres on the front, with a gap of 11 columns after column 7; each column measures 245 x 65, and has an average of 33-35 lines; each line contains approximately 18 letters; the intercolumn measures c. 20 mm. The entire roll would have had 133/134 columns.

Unplaced fragments, labelled as a-z, are housed in Papyus 2048(3).

3. Papyrus 3051

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3051
Title:
Plato, Politicus 257B, 261D-262C (P.Oxy. XXVII 2468, TM 62590, LDAB 3774, MP3 1396)
Scope & Content:
Fragments from Plato’s Politicus, from the same manuscript as P.Oxy. LXXVI 5089 (Sackler Library, inv. no. 85/81(b)), to the upper part of which fragment 2 connects. Fragment 2 contains the beginning of the dialogue (Politicus 257B) and presumably belonged to the first column of the roll, fragme...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st-2nd century
Extent:

Three fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and named 1-3 inside the frame. Fragment 1 is the largest, and contains remains of three columns (the third only having a few traces), possibly parts of the 12th, 13th and 14th columns of the roll. The upper and side margins survive to approximately 2 cm. Fragment 2 was part of the first column of the roll and connects to the upper part of P.Oxy. LXXVI 5089 (Sackler Library, inv. no. 85/81(b)). The average number of letters per line was 17. Housed in one glass case.

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