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Papyrus 107
- Record Id:
- 040-002104487
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00030f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 107
- Title:
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The ‘Harris Homer Roll' (P.Lond.Lit. 25, TM 60340, LDAB 1461, MP3 953)
- Scope & Content:
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The papyrus, known as the ‘Harris Homer’, contains nearly the entire book XVIII of the Iliad; 12 columns are preserved, 5 in Papyrus 107 (1), the fifth only having the beginning of the lines, and 7 in Papyrus 107 (2). Of the lines omitted by the original scribe, vv. 200, 201, 381, 427 and 441 were not supplied by the corrector.
Papyrus 107 (1)
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Col. 1: Iliad XVIII 1-41;
Col. 2: Iliad XVIII 42-83;
Col. 3: Iliad XVIII 84-125;
Col. 4: Iliad XVIII 126-171; with v. 132 and vv. 141-142 originally omitted and supplied by the corrector in the upper and lower margin respectively;
Col. 5: Beginning of Iliad XVIII 172-218.
Papyrus 107 (2):
Col. 1: Iliad XVIII 311-355;
Col. 2: Iliad XVIII 356-406; v. 360 originally missing and supplied by the corrector in the upper margin;
Col. 3: Iliad XVIII 407-451;
Col. 4: Iliad XVIII 452-494; v. 459 originally missing and supplied by the corrector in the upper margin;
Col. 5: Iliad XVIII 495-539; v. 508 originally missing and supplied by the corrector in the upper margin;
Col. 6: Iliad XVIII 540-584; v. 577 originally missing and supplied by the corrector in the lower margin;
Col. 7: Iliad XVIII 585-617; v. 609 originally missing and supplied by the corrector in the lower margin; with end-title in two lines. Blank space follows this column.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104487 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 107 : The ‘Harris Homer Roll' (P.Lond.Lit. 25, TM 60340, LDAB 1461, MP3 953) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0626]/040-002104487
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two portions of a dark papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and preserving 12 columns, one of which only has the beginning of the lines; each column has between 41-45 lines, with one column of 49 lines; with protokollon (first sheet of the roll) of 50 mm and agraphon (blank space) of 180 mm; with corrections and additions by a later hand; housed in two glass frames, the second being mounted on glassine.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_107 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0001
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 1st-2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Papyrus 107 (1): 255 x 735 mm; Papyrus 107 (2): 255 x 925 mm. Housed in two glass frames measuring 310 x 790 mm and 310 x 965 mm respectively.
Script: Slender upright uncial; a different hand made corrections, supplied lines originally omitted and diacritical marks.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: El-Maabde, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 108-111 from Selima Harris (b. 1830, d. 1885) in July 1872.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 25
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1854-1875 (London: The Trustees of the British Museum 1877), pp. 832-833.
E. M. Thompson, G. F. Warner, Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts in the British Museum, Part 1. Greek (London: British Museum 1881), pp. 1-6.
E. M. Thompson, Handbook of Greek & Latin Palaeography (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1912), pp. 125-127, no. 10.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: The Trustees 1927), p. 26, no. 25.
G. Bastianini, ‘Tipologie dei rotoli e problemi di ricostruzione’, in Atti del V Seminario Internazionale di Papirologia (Lecce 27-29 giugno 1994). Papyrologica Lupiensia 4 (Galatina Lecce: Congedo 1995), pp. 21-42 (p. 29).
G. Cavallo, Il calamo e il papiro : la scrittura greca dall'età ellenistica ai primi secoli di Bisanzio. Papyrologica Florentina 36 (Firenze: Gonnelli 2005), p. 120.
G. Cavallo, La scrittura greca e latina dei papiri: una introduzione (Pisa: F. Serra 2008), pp. 75, 105.
F. Schironi, To Mega Biblion: Book-Ends, End-Titles and Coronides in Papyri with Hexametric Poetry. American Studies in Papyrology 48 (Durham, NC: American Society of Papyrologists 2010), pp. 116-117, no. 16.
G. Bastianini, A. Casanova, I papiri omerici: atti del convegno internazionale di studi, Firenze 9-10 giugno 2011 (Firenze: Istituto papirologico “G. Vitelli” 2012), pl. 5.
B. Nongbri, ‘The Crocodile Pit of Maabdeh’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 54 (2017), pp. 207-217.
- Exhibitions:
- Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)