1. Papyrus 2954
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2954
- Title:
- Fragments of a Comedy (P.Hib. II 181, TM 61585, LDAB 2734)
- Scope & Content:
- Portions of a comic play, possibly Menander’s Perinthia; with an annotation in different hand, perhaps explaining the action on stage (McNamee, Annotations 2007).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Extent:
- Three papyrus fragments of varying size from a roll, reused as mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres. On the front, fragment 1 bears the ends of 15 lines from the top of a column, with the upper margin; fragment 2 has the middle of 10 lines, and fragment 3 the beginnings of 12 lines from the foot of a column. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
