1. Papyrus 1873(7)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1873(7)
- Title:
- End-title, prose introduction to the Iliad, further verses and lease of land
- Scope & Content:
- Portion of a roll containing the end-title, a prose introduction to the Iliad, Iliad I 1-2 and further lines from the Iliad, with stichometric annotations. Unplaced fragments are on the right. Two lines are visible on the back, perhaps a stichometric annotation; another text is written upside ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 1-87
- Extent:
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Larger portion and several detached scraps from a medium-brown papyrus roll, written on both sides. The front of the largest fragment preserves three columns parallel to the fibres, with remains of writing on the back, written across the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The small fragments bear a few traces of writing on the front, and one of them displays a letter on the back. Housed in a glass frame.