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Place Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt

1. Egerton Papyrus 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Papyrus 3
Title:
Origen’s Commentaries? (P.Lond.Christ. 2, TM 62337, LDAB 3501)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus codex perhaps containing a commentary on the Gospel of John or the Genesis attributed to Origen. Biblical quotations occur. Further fragments of the same codex are in Florence.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 3rd century
Extent:

Nine fragments of varying size and colour from the same papyrus codex as some fragments housed in the Istituto Papirologico ‘G. Vitelli’, Florence (PSI inv. 2101). The British Library fragments were originally fifteen, some of which joined to form two larger fragments; they come from two pages of the codex. Writing is on both sides, along and across the fibres. Some surface damage is located especially on the side written across the fibres. Each page contained two columns; each line had an average of 19-21 letters. The intercolumn survives in some of the fragments. The fragments are housed in a glass case.

2. Egerton Papyrus 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Papyrus 15
Title:
Summons (TM 942812)
Scope & Content:
Order from the night-strategi (nyktostrategoi) to some officials (comarchs and demosioi) of the village of Adaiou, in the Oxyrhynchite nome. to 'come up' with a man sent by them. The names of three men follow, whose appearance is apparently demanded.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
early 4th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, with some surface damage, especially along the folds; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 5 complete lines; all margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3. Papyrus 739

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 739
Title:
Sappho, fragment of a poem concerning her brother Charaxus (P.Lond.Lit. 43, P.Oxy. I 7, TM 62709)
Scope & Content:
Sappho, fragment of a poem concerning her brother Charaxus (P. Lond. Lit. 43; P. Oxy. I 7; TM 62709). Fragment 5 in the numbering of Lobel-Page and Voigt. The beginning of the text is partly supplemented by new fragments published in 2014 (P. GC. inv. 105, fr. 3), see further Burris-Fish-Obbink ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

1 fragment of a papyrus roll, writing on one side only, mounted in glass.

4. Papyrus 740

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 740
Title:
New Comedy (P.Oxy. I 11, P.Lond.Lit. 94 descr., TM 61479, LDAB 2626, MP3 1646)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a new comedy, perhaps by Menander. A dialogue between a young man and his slave is preserved; the young man intends to break off his engagement with the daughter of an important man, as he is in love with someone else. Once the master has left, the slave ponders on what to do.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century-2nd century
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, with holes and some surface damage in the preserved portion; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears remains of two columns, each of 25 lines, for a height of 115 mm. The first column lacks the beginnings of the lines, the second the ends. Upper and lower margins measure 30 mm. Side margins are lost. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

5. Papyrus 741

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 741
Title:
Herodotus, Historiae I (P.Oxy. I 18, P.Lond.Lit. 102, P.Lugd.Bat. IV 5, TM 60035, LDAB 1149, MP3 466)
Scope & Content:
Fragment containing a prestige copy of Herodotus, Historiae I 105.3-106.1, with the account of the Scythian invasion of Palestine.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll, broken off at the top and sides, darkened in part of the upper portion; the text runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The bottom of a column with parts of 22 lines survives; the column would have measured approximately 110 x 66 mm. The lower margin, which is the only one preserved, measures 70 mm. There are modern annotations, with the number in redreferring to the edition in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

6. Papyrus 742

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 742
Title:
Homer, Iliad II (P.Oxy. I 20, P.Lond.Lit. 7, TM 60507, LDAB 1630, MP3 668), and Accounts (P.Lond. III 742 vo. descr., TM 29241)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. I 20, P.Lond.Lit. 7, TM 60507, LDAB 1630, MP3 668): A second-century roll with parts of the second book of the Iliad. Top left fragment: Part of Column 1, with Iliad II.730-736; Bottom left fragment: Part of Column 1, with Iliad II.745-754; Second and third fragments at the bott...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-early 3rd century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, originally light-brown, but darkened in places, especially on the back. Both sides bear writing, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front contains parts of four columns; of the first and fourth columns, part of the top and bottom remain; of the second, part of the bottom; the third is the best preserved. Each column originally contained 25 lines, for a height of 177 mm; upper and lower margins measure 45 and 58 mm respectively. The intercolumn measures x mm. The text on the back is arranged in columns, of which few portions remain.

Modern annotations are visible, with the number in red referring to the publication in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

7. Papyrus 743

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 743
Title:
Sophocles, Oedipus Rex (P.Oxy. I 22, P.Lond. III 743 descr., P.Lond.Lit. 69 descr., TM 62759, LDAB 3947, MP3 1468)
Scope & Content:
The upper portion of a leaf from a papyrus codex containing verses from Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, one side having verses 375-385 written across the fibres, with heading letters in the upper margin, the other side containing verses 429-441 written along the fibres. Corrections were added by a diffe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Upper portion of a leaf from a papyrus codex, preserving part of one column on each side; broken at the bottom but well preserved as to the rest. The upper margin survives to 3 cm. Ink is faded at places; the heading letter on one side, added at a later stage, is in black ink, the rest being in brown ink; housed in one glass case. Number 22 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy.

8. Papyrus 744

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 744
Title:
Demosthenes, Exordia, and Accounts (P.Oxy. I 26, P.Lond.Lit. 129, TM 59548, LDAB 650, MP3 335)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Seven columns of a papyrus roll containing Demosthenes, Exordia 26-29. Columns 1-2: Exordium 26; Column 3-Column 4, line 4: Exordium 27; Column 4 end of line 4-Column 5: Exordium 28; Columns 6-7: Exordium 29. On the back are accounts of the second to early third century, which contin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus roll of good quality, which had been cut to host the text on the verso; darkened in places and with spots of ink throughout. The text runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. On the front, the upper parts of seven columns survive; each column originally had 24-25 lines; the column width is between 52 and 59 mm; the upper margin measures 20 mm, and the intercolumn between 22 and 25 mm. A small part of the upper margin and the space between columns 5 and 6 was used for continuing the accounts of the back, written upside down in relation to the rest of the text on the front; the lower fragments also contain the accounts, with the text on the right fragment being upside down. On the back are columns of various height and width, with intercolumns of various width. Modern annotations are visible on both sides, and the number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

9. Papyrus 745

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 745
Title:
De Bellis Macedonicis, possibly by Lucius Arruntius (P.Lond.Lit. 121, P.Oxy. I 30, TM 63267)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a Latin historical work, on parchment, concerning the Macedonian wars of Rome.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 1st century-Early 2nd century
Extent:

One fragment of a parchment codex, writing on both sides, mounted in glass.

10. Papyrus 746

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 746
Title:
Report of a Lawsuit on the Identification of a Child (P.Oxy. I 37, P.Lond. III 746 descr., Chrest.Mitt. 79, TM 20699)
Scope & Content:
Extract from the official minutes of the strategus Tiberius Claudius Pasion with the report on a court case concerning the identification of a child. Aristocles, advocate of Pesouris, reports that his client had picked up an infant, Heraclas, from the rubbish heap, and had hired Saraeus as a wet...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 March 49
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, incomplete and with detached fragments, damaged in its lower half; writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text comprises two columns of 26 and 10 lines respectively. The intercolumn measures 20-25 mm. Margins partly survive, the left (65 mm) and right being somewhat mutilated. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.