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191. Papyrus 2003

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2003
Title:
Receipt for dues on land (TM 981667)
Scope & Content:
Receipt for payments in kind made to the credit of Heron son of Orseus for dues on land, issued by the grain collectors (sitologoi) of the village of Magais or Magdola in the Arsinoite nome.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 July 155
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, lacking the last quarter on the right side with the loss of a few letters, damaged along the vertical fold on the left. Written along the fibres, the back being blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard and is housed in a glass frame.

192. Papyrus 2039

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2039
Title:
Scope & Content:
SHEET of papyrus, very much stained and defaced, taken from Or. MS. 7027 and containing a Copic text only occasionally legible and, on the right half of the verso, a portion of a in Greek, probably of the 7th cent. 11 in. x 71/2 in. ferred from the Department of Orientals Printed Books and MSS. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:
1 item

193. Papyrus 2048

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2048
Title:
Plato, Phaedrus (P.Oxy. VII 1017, P.Lond.Lit. 147, TM 62618, LDAB 3803, MP3 1401)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus roll with portions of Plato’s Phaedrus. Papyrus 2048(1) Column 1: Two letters only; Column 2: Phaedrus 238c-238d; Column 3: Phaedrus 238e-239a; Column 4: Phaedrus 239a-239c, with marginal annotations; Column 5: Phaedrus 239c-239e, with marginal annotations; Column 6: Phaedrus 239...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, housed in three glass frames named Papyrus 2048(1), Papyrus 2048(2), and Papyrus 2048(3). The fragments housed in the second and third frames are mounted on cardboard, their back side being blank. The back of Papyrus 2048(1) bears few traces of ink. Each sheet forming the roll was between 170 and at least 215 mm wide.

The fragments bear portions of 18 columns written parallel to the fibres on the front, with a gap of 11 columns after column 7; each column measures 245 x 65, and has an average of 33-35 lines; each line contains approximately 18 letters; the intercolumn measures c. 20 mm. The entire roll would have had 133/134 columns.

Unplaced fragments, labelled as a-z, are housed in Papyus 2048(3).

194. Papyrus 2054(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2054(1)
Title:
Part 1 of Cercidas' Meliambi
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a roll preserving Cercidas’ Meliambi, with marginal annotations (including variants).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. The front preserves parts of 7 columns, intercolumn, upper and lower margins. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

195. Papyrus 2054(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2054(2)
Title:
Part 2 of Cercidas' Meliambi
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a roll preserving Cercidas’ Meliambi, with end-title (Papyrus 2054(2), fragment 4), and marginal annotations (including variants).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. The front preserves parts of 7 columns, intercolumn, upper and lower margins. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

196. Papyrus 2054(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2054(3)
Title:
Part 3 of Cercidas' Meliambi
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a roll preserving Cercidas’ Meliambi, with marginal annotations (including variants). These fragments remain unplaced.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
Small fragments from a papyrus roll; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. The front preserves portions of few lines or just few letters; unplaced. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

197. Papyrus 2069

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2069
Title:
Sophocles, Eurypylus (P.Oxy. IX 1175, P.Oxy. XVII 2081(b), P.Lond.Lit. 66, TM 62742, LDAB 3930, MP3 1472)
Scope & Content:
Fragments with Sophocles’s Eurypylus concerning the deeds and death of Eurypylus, son of Telephus, by the hand of Neoptolemus, preserving Astyoche’s lament, the choral ode and the burial of the corpse, and fragmentary dialogues. Sister roll of Papyrus 2068, in the same hand. Presumably a schola...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

119 fragments of varying size housed in four glass frames named Papyrus 2069(1), Papyrus 2069(2), Papyrus 2069(3), Papyrus 2069(4); originally 107 fragments, with later discovery of 18 additional fragments, some of which join the earlier fragments. From a luxury papyrus roll, made up of sheets 230-260 mm wide; sister roll of Papyrus 2068; written on one side along the fibres; the back bears modern annotations. The fragments, damaged by insect holes, preserve portions from various columns; the column height is 115 mm and its width 136 mm; margins and intercolumn are broad, with the lower margin measuring 35 mm; two levels of indentation are used (at 11 and 17 mm).

Papyrus 2069(1): Fragments 1-6, and new fragments 1 and 2; new fragment 1 has been added to fragment 1, and new fragment 2 to fragment 2;

Papyrus 2069(2): Fragments 6-53 (original fragment 46 belongs to Papyrus 2068(2));

Papyrus 2069(3): Fragments 54-93, new fragment 3 joining fragments 80-81, new fragment 4 joining fragment 84;

Papyrus 2069(4): Fragments 94-107; new fragments 5-18.

198. Papyrus 2070

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2070
Title:
Satyrus, Life of Euripides (P.Oxy. IX 1176, TM 62717, LDAB 3905, MP3 1456)
Scope & Content:
Life of Euripides by Satyrus in form of a dialogue, with end-title stating that this was book 6 of Satyrus’s Lives of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides. The portion preserved covers the main events of the life of Euripides, and describes his character as well as his views on various matters, inclu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a medium-brown papyrus roll, housed in four glass frames, named Papyrus 2070(1), Papyrus 2070(2), Papyrus 2073(3), and Papyrus 2073(4). The writing runs along the fibres on the front, and the back is blank. Portions of 22 narrow columns are preserved, about 30 mm wide, with remains of other lines. The intercolumn is minimal. Upper and lower margins are partly preserved in some of the fragments.

199. Papyrus 2070(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2070(1)
Title:
Part 1 of the Life of Euripides by Satyrus
Scope & Content:
Fragments of the Life of Euripides by Satyrus, with anecdotes on the poet’s life and character.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

36 numbered fragments, most of which are of small size, from a papyrus roll; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Housed in a glass frame.

200. Papyrus 2070(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2070(2)
Title:
Part 2 of the Life of Euripides by Satyrus
Scope & Content:
Portion of the Life of Euripides by Satyrus, on his character and views.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll, numbered 39(1), with small detached scraps; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front preserves portions of 11 columns of narrow format (30 mm wide) and the upper margin. The intercolumnar space is minimal. Housed in a glass frame.