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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Place El-Maabde, Egypt

1. Papyrus 107

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 107
Title:
The ‘Harris Homer Roll' (P.Lond.Lit. 25, TM 60340, LDAB 1461, MP3 953)
Scope & Content:
The papyrus, known as the ‘Harris Homer’, contains nearly the entire book XVIII of the Iliad; 12 columns are preserved, 5 in Papyrus 107 (1), the fifth only having the beginning of the lines, and 7 in Papyrus 107 (2). Of the lines omitted by the original scribe, vv. 200, 201, 381, 427 and 441 we...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st-2nd century
Extent:

Two portions of a dark papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and preserving 12 columns, one of which only has the beginning of the lines; each column has between 41-45 lines, with one column of 49 lines; with protokollon (first sheet of the roll) of 50 mm and agraphon (blank space) of 180 mm; with corrections and additions by a later hand; housed in two glass frames, the second being mounted on glassine.

2. Papyrus 126

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 126
Title:
‘Harris Homer Codex’ (P.Lond.Lit. 5 ro., TM 61277, LDAB 2419, MP3 634), Tryphon, Ars grammatica (P.Lond.Lit. 5 vo., P.Lond.Lit. 182 TM/LDAB 110341, MP3 1539), and Accounts (TM 91831)
Scope & Content:
Single-quire codex of 18 folios, containing Iliad II 101-493; III 1-491; IV 1-40 on the right-hand pages, with end-titles, additions and corrections, and numbers of lines to the page and of lines of the books at the bottom. Some of the pages originally left blank were reused to host Tryphon’s Ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of the 3rd century
Extent:

9 sheets of a papyrus codex, dark-stained, housed in 9 glass frames named Papyrus 126(1), Papyrus 126(2), Papyrus 126(3), Papyrus 126(4), Papyrus 126(5), Papyrus 126(6), Papyrus 126(7), Papyrus 126(8), Papyrus 126(9). The sheets were folded in half to form two leaves, making a single-quire codex of 18 folios (36 pages); the holes of the binding are still visible. The codex belong to Turner’s group ‘aberrant I’ (‘much higher than broader’). The codex was at first only written on the right-hand pages, and later reused to host additional writing on the left-hand pages. Each of the right-hand pages bear one column of 48-54 lines, the column measuring 255 x 125 mm. Upside-down in relation to the first text on the right side, further texts were added on the left-hand pages of Papyrus 126(1) recto, Papyrus 126(2) recto, Papyrus 126(3) recto; 21 additional lines were written upside down in relation to the text on the right-hand page in Papyrus 126(5)verso.

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