1. Papyrus 589
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 589
- Title:
- Posidippus of Pella, Epigrams (P.Petr. II 49(a), P.Lond.Lit. 60, TM 62662), and Literary Fragment (P.Lond.Lit. 65, TM 65745)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragments extracted from mummy cartonnage. A (P.Petr. II 49(a), P.Lond.Lit. 60, TM 62662, LDAB 3848): Portion of an anthology of epigrams of Posidippus of Pella, preserving an epithalamium for Arsinoe (Posidippus 114 AB), of which 24 elegiac lines partly survive; the back bears the title, given...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Extent:
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Two papyrus fragments with detached scrap, recovered from mummy cartonnage, housed in the same glass frame.
A: Portion of a roll, with plaster residue in places; written on both sides. On the front, there are 24 lines from the foot of a column, written along the fibres; on the back, there are 2 lines running along the fibres, and two other lines written the other way up.
B: Portion of a roll, with plaster residue in places; written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. The front bears the beginnings of 13 lines from the foot of a column; the detached scrap has a few letters from two lines.
