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Papyrus 741
- Record Id:
- 040-002105129
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003c7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469310.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 741
- Title:
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Herodotus, Historiae I (P.Oxy. I 18, P.Lond.Lit. 102, P.Lugd.Bat. IV 5, TM 60035, LDAB 1149, MP3 466)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragment containing a prestige copy of Herodotus, Historiae I 105.3-106.1, with the account of the Scythian invasion of Palestine.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105129 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 741 : Herodotus, Historiae I (P.Oxy. I 18, P.Lond.Lit. 102, P.Lugd.Bat. IV 5, TM 60035, LDAB 1149, MP3 466) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0874]/040-002105129
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment from a papyrus roll, broken off at the top and sides, darkened in part of the upper portion; the text runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The bottom of a column with parts of 22 lines survives; the column would have measured approximately 110 x 66 mm. The lower margin, which is the only one preserved, measures 70 mm. There are modern annotations, with the number in redreferring to the edition in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469310.0x000001 (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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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 184 x 87 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 240 x 145 mm.
Script: Good-sized formal round hand; paragraphus marked; high stop occurs; diaeresis on initial iota and upsilon.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 739-834 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in October 1900. Of these, papyri 739-814 form part of the discoveries made by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt on the site of the ancient Oxyrhynchus.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 102
P.Lugd.Bat. IV 5
P.Oxy. I 18 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 438.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri I (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1898), pp. 44-45, no. 18.
W. Crönert, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 1 (1901), p. 114.
H. G. Viljoen, Herodoti fragmenta in papyris servata (Groningae: Scholtens 1915), p. 2.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 81, no. 102.
A. H. R. E. Paap, De Herodoti Reliquiis in Papyris et Membranis Aegyptiis Servatis (Lugduni Batavorum: E. J. Brill 1948), pp. 18-20, no. 5.
B. Hemmerdinger, Les manuscrits d'Hérodote et la critique verbale (Genova: Università di Genova, Istituto di filologia classica 1981), pp. 178-179.
W. A. Johnson, Bookrolls and Scribes in Oxyrhynchus (Toronto-London: University of Toronto Press 2004), pp. 169, 192, 231, 252.
S. R. West, ‘The papyri of Herodotus’, in D. Obbink, R. Rutherford (eds.), Culture in Pieces. Essays on Ancient Texts in Honour of Peter Parsons (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2011), pp. 69-83 (p. 71).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)