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Name Thucydides, historian of the Peloponnesian War, c 460-c 400 BC Place Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt

1. Papyrus 784

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 784
Title:
Thucydides, Historiae II (P.Oxy. II 225, P.Lond.Lit. 105, TM 62844, LDAB 4034, MP3 1520)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a roll with two columns of Thucydides, Historiae II. Column 1: Historiae II.90.5-6. Column 2: Historiae II.91.1-2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll, broken off at the bottom and sides; it is written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of 15 lines of two columns are preserved; of the first, only the endings of the lines remain, of the second the beginnings. Each column would have contained 26 lines, with each line having 15-20 letters. The column would have measured 169 x 59 mm; the intercolumn measures 12 mm, and the upper margin 31 mm; no other margin is preserved. A sheet-join runs along the height of the fragment, at 17 mm from the left edge. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2. Papyrus 2445

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2445
Title:
Thucydides, Historiae VII (P.Oxy. XI 1376, P.Lond.Lit. 107, TM 62887, LDAB 4078, MP3 1531)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary columns from a roll containing book 7 of Thucydides’ Historiae. Papyrus 2445(1) Column I: Historiae VII 54-56.2 Column II: Historiae VII 56.2-57.2 Column III: Historiae VII 57.2-6 Column IV: Historiae VII 57.6-9 Column V: Historiae VII 57.11-58.1 Column VI: Historiae VII 58.4 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 2nd century-mid 3rd century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll. They were originally 200, and more than three quarters of them have been identified: a few still remain unplaced.

Portions of 20 columns, not all of which are consecutive, are preserved; the columns were tall, ranging from 47 to 53 lines. The average width of the column is 60 mm; the intercolumn is 21 mm on average. The average number of letters per line is 19.

Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Mounted on cardboard and housed in three glass cases named Papyrus 2445(1), 2445(2), and 2445(3); in Papyrus 2445(3) are housed the unplaced fragments.

3. Papyrus 2471

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2471
Title:
Thucydides, Collected Speeches from Historiae II (P.Oxy. XIII 1621, P.Lond.Lit. 106, TM 62919, LDAB 4111, MP3 1513)
Scope & Content:
Collected speeches from Thucydides, Historiae II, on a leaf of a parchment codex. Recto: Part of Archidamus’ speech at the beginning of the war = II.11.5- II.11.8 Verso: Lines 1-12: Continuation of Archidamus’s speech = II.11.9 Line 13-End: Beginning of Pericles’ funeral oration = II.35.1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Fragmentary leaf of a parchment codex, damaged at the sides and top and with detached scraps. Writing is on both sides, and each side contains one column of 21 lines. Lines have 20 to 25 letters. Traces of the original pagination remain. Housed in a glass case.

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