2261. Egerton Ostracon 13
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1 potsherd, incomplete, broken at right, margins at top, left and bottom, 9 lines.
1 potsherd, incomplete, broken at left and bottom, margins at top and right, 5 lines.
1 potsherd, complete, all margins, 5 lines.
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 larger fragments forming the upper and lower parts of the leaf of a papyrus codex, and 11 unplaced scraps. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, and across them on the other side; the side with the text against the fibres precedes the other. Each page originally contained one column of 24-25 lines, with each line having an average of 27 letters. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
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.
Papyus sheet, broken off at the bottom, irregularly cut to the right. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. One column of 19 lines surivive. Upper and side margins are extant, the right being irregular and occasionally minimal. There is surface damage in places; a strip of vertical fibres seems to have been glued to the front, perhaps to fix a fault in manufacture. Horizontal folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.