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321. Papyrus 2921(B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2921(B)
Title:
Commentary on Psalm 36:9-12, 22-24
Scope & Content:
Bifolium from Tura Codex V, containing Didymus the Blind’s commentary on Psalm 36: 11-12 (left-hand page), and on Psalm 36: 22-23 (right-hand page) on one side; commentary on Psalm 36: 24 (left-hand page), and on Psalm 36: 9-11 (right-hand page) on the other side.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
420-527
Extent:

Bifolium from a papyrus codex, complete and well preserved, with some insect-holes in places; written on both sides, along and across the fibres; one column per page, complete; margins extant. Housed in a glass frame.

322. Papyrus 2921(C)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2921(C)
Title:
Commentary on Psalms 33: 6-8 and 34:3-7
Scope & Content:
Bifolium from Tura Codex V, containing Didymus the Blind’s commentary on Psalm 34: 4-7 (left-hand page), and commentary on Psalm 33: 6-7 (right-hand page) on one side; commentary on Psalm 33: 7-8 (left-hand page), and commentary on Psalm 34: 3-4 (right-hand page) on the other side.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
420-527
Extent:

Bifolium from a papyrus codex, complete and well preserved, with some insect-holes in places; written on both sides, along and across the fibres; one column per page, complete; margins extant. Housed in a glass frame.

323. Papyrus 2921(D)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2921(D)
Title:
Commentary on Psalm 36:12-21
Scope & Content:
Bifolium from Tura Codex V, containing Didymus the Blind’s commentary on Psalm 36:12-21 (pages 247-50 of the codex).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
420-527
Extent:

Bifolium from a papyrus codex, complete and well preserved, with some insect-holes in places; written on both sides, along and across the fibres; one column per page, complete; margins extant. Housed in a glass frame.

324. Papyrus 2922

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2922
Title:
Scope & Content:
FRAGMENT containing date in the reign of Carinus and Numerian. A.D. 284.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
0284
Extent:
1 item

325. Papyrus 2938

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2938
Title:
Manumission and Tax-Receipt (P.Turner 19, TM 15689)
Scope & Content:
Deed executed through eight notaries of Oxyrhynchus for the manumission of a slave-girl belonging to the priestess Sinthoonis, daughter of Thoonis and Tausorapis, acting with her brother as a guardian. The ransom money is one thousand silver drachmas, paid by Ammonius, a freedman. No claim on th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 February 101
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll, another portion of which is now in Amsterdam; the two fragments do not join directly, but are separated by a gap of 5-10 mm; complete at the top and bottom, overall well-preserved; written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. On the front, there are two columns, separated by 230 mm; at least three sheet-joins are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

326. Papyrus 2956

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2956
Title:
Theophrastus, Ars Poetica (?) (P.Hib. II 183, TM 62833, LDAB 4023, MP3 2296)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a treatise on poetry examining poetic diction, so that a poet may learn which words are appropriate for poetry and so that the layman will be able to easily identify a well-written poem; discussion of individual words follows. Presumably part of Theophrastus’s Ars Poetica.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Three frames

327. Papyrus 2956(A)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2956(A)
Title:
Theophrastus, Ars Poetica (?).
Scope & Content:
Treatise on poetry and poetic diction, so that a poet may learn which words are appropriate for poetry and so that the layman will be able to easily identify a well-written poem.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
One frame with one papyrus fragment bearing writing on one side; the back is blank. The front bears portions of two columns running along the fibres, originally wide (with up to 35 letters to the line). Of the first column 22 fragmentary lines remain; of the second, the beginnings of 8 lines; part of the upper margin and intercolumn survive. With remains of cartonnage decoration and plaster.

328. Papyrus 2956(B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2956(B)
Title:
Theophrastus, Ars Poetica (?).
Scope & Content:
Treatise on poetry and poetic diction, with discussion of individual words. Presumably part of Theophrastus’s Ars Poetica.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
One frame with one papyrus fragment bearing writing on one side; the back is blank. The front bears portions of one column written along the fibres, of which 26 fragmentary lines remain; with plaster residue in places.

329. Papyrus 2956(C-E)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2956(C-E)
Title:
Theophrastus, Ars Poetica (?).
Scope & Content:
Treatise on poetry and poetic diction, with discussion of individual words. Presumably part of Theophrastus’s Ars Poetica.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
One frame with four papyrus fragments, three of which are labelled C-E; broken off on all sides. C preserves 5 lines written along the fibres and is covered with cartonnage decoration. The back is blank. D bears portions of 8 lines written along the fibres; the back is blank. E preserves traces of 9 lines written along the fibres, mostly faint. The unlabelled fragment, presumably from another papyrus, has few traces from 5 lines written across the fibres and covered with plaster residue, and a few traces on the back.

330. Papyrus 2967

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2967
Title:
Homer, Odyssey XVII and XIX (P.Hib. II 194, TM 61232, LDAB 2372, MP3 1129)
Scope & Content:
Fragments containing Odyssey XVII and XIX. Papyrus 2967: Fragment 1: Odyssey XVII 357-359; Fragment 2: Odyssey XVII 360-368, with omission of 364; Fragment 3: Odyssey XIX 400-404; Fragment 4: Odyssey XIX 407-413, with loss of 409-410. Papyrus 2967(fragments): Scraps with few letters.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Papyrus fragments of varying size reused for mummy cartonnage, with writing on the front along the fibres. The largest fragments contain few words of few lines, and are numbered 1-4 in the frame named Papyrus 2967; the largest of these is fragment 4. The scraps, containing very few letters, are housed in another frame, named Papyrus 2967(Fragments).