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1. Papyrus 488(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 488(1)
Title:
Phaedo 67E-69A
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll from mummy cartonnage, containing portions of Plato’s Phaedo 67E-69A.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll reused as mummy cartonnage, written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. Portions of three columns, the upper and lower margins survive; the upper fragments bear portions of a few lines. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 488(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 488(2)
Title:
Phaedo 79C-81C
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll from mummy cartonnage, containing portions of Plato’s Phaedo 79C, 80D-81C.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Four fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll reused as mummy cartonnage, written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. Portions of three columns, the upper and lower margins survive; the upper fragments bear portions of a few lines. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3. Papyrus 488(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 488(4)
Title:
Phaedo 83A-84A
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll from mummy cartonnage, containing portions of Plato’s Phaedo 83A-84A.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Two fragments from a papyrus roll reused as mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. Portions of four columns, upper and lower margins survive. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

4. Papyrus 488

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 488
Title:
Plato, Phaedo (P.Petr. I 5-8, TM 62649, LDAB 3835, MP3 1388), and Fragment of a Comedy (P.Lond.Lit. 254, TM 65743, LDAB 6997, MP3 1635)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a roll extracted from mummy cartonnage, preserving portions of Plato’s Phaedo 67B-84B and a few lines from an Old Comedy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, reused as mummy cartonnage, mounted on cardboard in four glass frames, named Papyrus 488(1), Papyrus 488(2), Papyrus 488(3), Papyrus 488(4). The fragments bear writing on one side along the fibres. Portions of 18 columns survive, each column having an average of 22 lines. Each column measures 145 x 70 mm; the upper margin measures 30 mm, the lower 40 mm. A small fragment of lighter colour in Papyrus 488(3) belongs to another roll.

5. Papyrus 488(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 488(3)
Title:
Phaedo 67B, 82A-84B, and Fragment of a Comedy
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll from mummy cartonnage, containing portions of Plato’s Phaedo 67B, 82A-D, 84A-B. The small fragment of lighter colour at the bottom right preserves the beginnings of four iambic lines, apparently from a comedy (Old Comedy?).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Eight fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll reused as mummy cartonnage, some of which are covered with plaster residue; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. The largest fragment bears portions of three columns and the lower margin; the other fragments preserve portions of a few lines. The small fragment of lighter colour at the bottom right belongs to another papyrus and preserves the beginnings of 4 lines, with traces of another line at the top. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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