1. Papyrus 1873
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1873
- Title:
- Homer, Iliad II (P.Lond.Lit. 6, TM 60260, LDAB 1380, MP3 643), and Other Texts (TM 113039)
- Scope & Content:
- Portions of a papyrus roll containing lines from Homer’s Iliad II, with marginal annotations and stichometry, end-title, and a prose introduction to the Iliad; other texts (further lines from the Iliad, a name, and documentary texts) are present at the end of the recto and on the verso. Papyrus...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 1-87
- Extent:
-
Fragments of a medium-brown papyrus roll, darkened in places; housed in seven glass frames named Papyrus 1873(1), Papyrus 1873(2), Papyrus 1873(3), Papyrus 1873(4), Papyrus 1873(5), Papyrus 1873(6), and Papyrus 1873(7). Each sheet forming the roll is about 165 mm wide; the front of the roll has 22 columns written parallel to the fibres, with each column measuring 190 x 180 mm on average and having about 35 lines.Occasionally, there is writing on the back, running across the fibres. Seven fragments of the same roll are now in Manchester, John Rylands Library (Gr. 540 Ro), one fragment at the Library of Congress of Washington (inv. 4082 B), another at the Pierpont Morgan Library (inv. M662B(6b) + (27k)), and one at the Universitätsbibliothek in Giessen (inv. 213).
