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Papyrus 736
- Record Id:
- 040-002105123
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003c2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472066.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 736
- Title:
- Account (P.Lond. III 736 ro. descr., TM 29240), and Homer, Iliad (P.Lond.Lit. 15, P.Lond. III 736 vo. descr., TM 60677, LDAB 1802, MP3 817)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Lond. III 736 ro. descr., TM 29240): Remains of accounts written the other way up in relation to the text on the back, and other writing, unpublished.
Verso (P.Lond.Lit. 175, TM 60832): Portions with Homer, Iliad VIII 1-22 (line 6 omitted), 49-52, 63-65 67(?), 95, 98-109, 111-120, 128-135, 138-144, 150-163, 173-192 (line 183 omitted).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105123 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 736 : Account (P.Lond. III 736 ro. descr., TM 29240), and Homer, Iliad (P.Lond.Lit. 15, P.Lond. III 736 vo. descr., TM 60677, LDAB 1802,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0430]/040-002105123
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with some insect holes, written on both sides; the front is darkened in places and preserves portions of some lines from various texts, some written upside down in relation to the text on the back. On the back, there are portions of four columns written across the fibres, with no complete line; each column had 48 lines. Part of the upper and lower margins and of the intercolumn survive. The fragments are mounted in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147472066.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 2nd century-3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Largest fragment: 115 x 110 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 330 x 435 mm.
Script: Recto: Various hands: Small cursive hand, another larger thin hand, another regular, upright hand, overall bilinear; Verso: Somewhat rough, overall regular thin hand, with some cursive traits.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased with Papyri 732, 737/738 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) on 13 February 1897 (delivered in November 1896).
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 736 ro. descr.
P.Lond. III 736 vo. descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 15 - 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. xxx, no. 736 ro. descr.
Verso
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxx, no. 736 vo. descr.
H. Oldfather, The Greek Literary Texts from Greco-Roman Egypt (Madison: University of Wisconsin 1923), no. 555.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 23, no. 15.
M. L. West, Studies in the Text and Transmission of the Iliad (München-Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2001), p. 95, no. 197.
A. Mirończuk, ‘Thirteen Unpublished Papyri of Homer’, Aegyptus 91 (2011), pp. 5-49 (p. 23).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)