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Papyrus 129
- Record Id:
- 040-002104509
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000325
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 129
- Title:
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Accounts and Homer, Iliad I (P.Lond.Lit. 1, TM 60504, LDAB 1627, MP3 567)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto: Portions of accounts. Unpublished.
Verso: Homer, Iliad I: ends of Iliad I 37-54, with traces of further lines at top and bottom; Iliad I 62-67; first letters of Iliad I 72-79; ends of Iliad I 207-229.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104509 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 129 : Accounts and Homer, Iliad I (P.Lond.Lit. 1, TM 60504, LDAB 1627, MP3 567) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0047]/040-002104509
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Three fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with surface damage; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. Each side bears portions of 3 columns. On the back, the text was written upside down in relation to the text on the front. Each column would have had an average of 35 lines; the intercolumn is of varying width. The fragments are mounted in two glass frames bound as a booklet.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size; the largest measuring 150 x 110 mm; mounted in glass, the frames forming a booklet and measuring 235 x 200 mm.
Script: Recto: Thin, rapid cursive hand; Verso: Small, thick hand in very black ink, with cursive traits in places.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased with Papyrus 128 from the Reverend Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) on 13 May 1889.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 1
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 392.
F. G. Kenyon, Classical texts from papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees of the British Museum 1891) p. 80.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees of the British Museum 1927), p. 1, no. 1.
M. L. West, Studies in the Text and Transmission of the Iliad (München-Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2001), p. 93, no. 112.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Homer, epic poet, ? 8th century BC,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000036354151X