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11. Papyrus 117

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Papyrus 117
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Pap. CXVII. FRAGMENTS of the work of Epicurus ----------, bk. ii., from the Herculanean roll, No. 1149, one of the rolls presented by the Neapolitan Government to George, Prince of Wales, afterwards King George IV. First century. See W. Scott, Fragmenta Herculanensia, 1885, pp. 53, sqq. Mounted ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:
1 item

12. Papyrus 118

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Papyrus 118
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Pap. CXVIII. FOUR of the Herculanean rolls, three of which bear the numbers 1120, 1125, 1464, presented by the Neapolitan Government to George, Prince of Wales, as above. They are in the state in which they were found, being charred, hardened, and distorted by the action of fire; measuring from ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

13. Papyrus 120

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Papyrus 120
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Pap. CXX. FRAGMENTS of an accompt and other documents, mostly of late periods. Greek. In four frames. Purchased in 1887. Greek MSS: : ?. Accounts: Fragments of an account.: Gr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

14. Papyrus 126

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Papyrus 126
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‘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
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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.

15. Papyrus 127

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Papyrus 127
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Pap. CXXVII. HOMER'S ILIAD; fragments of books v., vi., xviii. Each book is in a different hand, and probably belonged originally to a different MS. The portions of the text contained in the fragments are as follows, but in no case is a complete line preserved :- (a) Il. v. 731-734, 815-818, 8...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
1 item

16. Papyrus 128

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Papyrus 128
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Pap. CXXVIII. HOMER'S ILIAD; fragments of books xxiii., xxiv. The following lines are preserved, in whole or in part: xxiii. 1-79, 402-633, 638-897, xxiv. 1-83 (ll.1-40 in a different hand), 100-144, 150-243, 248-282, 337-341, 344-351, 382-387, 402-479, 490-520, 536-548, 559-579, 596-611, 631-65...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of the 1st century
Extent:
1 item

17. Papyrus 129

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Papyrus 129
Title:
Accounts and Homer, Iliad I (P.Lond.Lit. 1, TM 60504, LDAB 1627, MP3 567)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Portions of accounts. Unpublished. Verso: Homer, Iliad I: ends of Iliad I 37-54, with traces of further lines at top and bottom; Iliad I 62-67; first letters of Iliad I 72-79; ends of Iliad I 207-229.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
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Three fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with surface damage; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. Each side bears portions of 3 columns. On the back, the text was written upside down in relation to the text on the front. Each column would have had an average of 35 lines; the intercolumn is of varying width. The fragments are mounted in two glass frames bound as a booklet.

18. Papyrus 130(1)

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Papyrus 130(1)
Title:
Part 1 of the horoscope
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Part of the horoscope, cast for 31 March 81, the third hour of the night, written by Titus Pitenius, with an introductory letter addressing a certain Hermon. Pitenius has calculated the astrological data for the Sun, Moon and five planets basing his computations on the “perpetual tables”; detail...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 81
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Portion of a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame. On the front, there are 7 columns, of 22-30 lines, each line having an average of 15-18 letters, and another short column of 7 lines in the left-hand margin; with some breaks along the vertical folds, and a couple of small insect holes; abraded in places; upper and lower margins extant.

19. Papyrus 130(2)

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Papyrus 130(2)
Title:
Part 2 of the horoscope
Scope & Content:
End of a horoscope, cast for 31 March 81, the third hour of the night, written by Titus Pitenius, with an introductory letter addressing a certain Hermon. Pitenius has calculated the astrological data for the Sun, Moon and five planets basing his computations on the “perpetual tables”; detailed ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 81
Extent:
Fragment of a papyrus roll, with surface damage and mutilated in the right-hand side; written on one side along the fibres. On the front, there are one column and two additional lines on the right-hand side. The back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

20. Papyrus 132(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 132(1)
Title:
On the Peace 13-20
Scope & Content:
Portion of a roll containing Isocrates, On the Peace 13-20, with marginal annotations.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 1st century-mid 2nd century
Extent:
Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, light-brown, with portions of 4 columns written along the fibres, mutilated; with upper and lower margins extant; the back is blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.