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Papyrus 739
- Record Id:
- 040-002105127
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003c5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058108299.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 739
- Title:
- Sappho, fragment of a poem concerning her brother Charaxus (P.Lond.Lit. 43, P.Oxy. I 7, TM 62709)
- Scope & Content:
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Sappho, fragment of a poem concerning her brother Charaxus (P. Lond. Lit. 43; P. Oxy. I 7; TM 62709). Fragment 5 in the numbering of Lobel-Page and Voigt. The beginning of the text is partly supplemented by new fragments published in 2014 (P. GC. inv. 105, fr. 3), see further Burris-Fish-Obbink (2014), West (2014), and Ferrari (2014).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105127 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 739 : Sappho, fragment of a poem concerning her brother Charaxus (P.Lond.Lit. 43, P.Oxy. I 7, TM 62709) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0764]/040-002105127
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 fragment of a papyrus roll, writing on one side only, mounted in glass.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058108299.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 205 x 100 mm, mounted in a glass case measuring 255 x 155 mm.
Script: Slightly sloping uncial hand. Written along the fibres. Stops, accents, and marks of quantity and elision are occasionally used.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt (?Oxyrhynchus).
Provenance: Found at Oxyrhynchus. Part of the collection of papyri (now Papyri 739-834) presented to the British Museum by the Egypt Exploration Society in October 1900.
- Former External References:
- P. Oxy. I 7
- Former Internal References:
- P. Lond. Lit. 43
- Information About Copies:
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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Vol. I, London 1898, pl. II.
Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_739].
- Publications:
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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Vol. I, London 1898, pp. 10-13, pl. II.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years MDCCCC-MDCCCCV, p. 439.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum, London 1927, p. 34, no. 43 (with additional bibliography).
E. Lobel and D. Page, Poetarum Lesbiorum Fragmenta, Oxford 1955, pp. 8-9, no. 5.
E.-M. Voigt, Sappho et Alcaeus, Amsterdam 1971, pp. 37-38, no. 5 (with additional bibliography).
S. Burris, J. Fish and D. Obbink, 'New Fragments of Book 1 of Sappho', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 189 (2014) pp. 1-28 (especially pp. 6-7, 11, 23-27, with additional bibliography at p. 23 n. 12).
M. L. West, 'Nine Poems of Sappho', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 191 (2014) pp. 1-12 (pp. 5-7).
F. Ferrari, 'Saffo e i suoi fratelli e altri brani del primo libro', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 192 (2014) pp. 1-19 (pp. 4-9).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)