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Papyrus 734
- Record Id:
- 040-002105121
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003c0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469293.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 734
- Title:
- Land Register (P.Lond. III 734 ro. descr., TM 29239), and Allegorical Commentary on Homer (P.Lond.Lit. 175, P.Lond. III 734 vo. descr., TM 60832, LDAB 1960, MP3 1223)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Lond. III 734 ro. descr., TM 29239): Portions of a land register, unpublished.
Verso (P.Lond.Lit. 175, TM 60832): Allegorical interpretations of Homer, quoting Iliad VI 235-236, VII 162, XXIII 252, 648-649, and Odyssey XI 131, XVI 300, 302-303, XIX 40, 136, XXIII 278. Attributed to Plutarch (but see Schmidt 2019).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105121 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 734 : Land Register (P.Lond. III 734 ro. descr., TM 29239), and Allegorical Commentary on Homer (P.Lond.Lit. 175, P.Lond. III 734 vo.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0428]/040-002105121
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Thirty-four fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, bearing writing on both sides. The front is darkened in place; the writing is along the fibres. On the back, lines run across the fibres, with approximately 30 letters to the line; no line or column is complete. Part of the upper and lower margins and the intercolumn survive. The fragments are mounted in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469293.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size; largest fragment: 200 x 60 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 310 x 510 mm.
Script: Recto: Thin, sloping rapid cursive hand of small size; Verso: Medium-sized thin hand, with some cursive traits and a slight slant to the right. Punctuation is by blank space; accents and marks of elision occur.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased with Papyrus 733 and Papyrus 735 from E. M. Emerson on 14 May 1897 (delivered in 1896).
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 734 ro. descr.
P.Lond. III 734 vo. descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 175 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1894-1899 (London: British Museum 1901), p. 543.
Recto
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxix, no. 734 ro. descr.
Verso
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxix, no. 734 vo. descr.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 140-145, no. 175.
A. Körte, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 10 (1932), p. 225.
F. della Corte, ‘Le OMHPIKAI MEAETAI di Plutarco e la ricomposizione del Pap. Lond. 734’, Rivista di filologia e d’istruzione classica 66 (1938), pp. 40-49 = F. della Corte, Opuscula I (Genova: Istituto di Filologia Classica e Medievale 1971), pp. 185-194.
M. L. West, Studies in the Text and Transmission of the Iliad (München-Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2001), p. 137, w25.
P. Cauderlier, ‘Deux parerga homerica (Ier et IIe siècles) ou l'utilisation des textes homériques par le rhétorikos et le sophistès dans la province d'Égypte’, in S. Dubel et al. (eds.), À l'école d'Homère: la culture des orateurs et des sophistes (Paris: Rue d'Ulm 2015), pp. 61-71.
Th. Schmidt, ‘Plutarch and the Papyrological Evidence’, in Brill's Companion to the Reception of Plutarch (Leiden-Boston: Brill 2019), pp. 79-99 (p. 80).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)