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Papyrus 742
- Record Id:
- 040-002105130
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003c8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469315.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 742
- Title:
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Homer, Iliad II (P.Oxy. I 20, P.Lond.Lit. 7, TM 60507, LDAB 1630, MP3 668), and Accounts (P.Lond. III 742 vo. descr., TM 29241)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Oxy. I 20, P.Lond.Lit. 7, TM 60507, LDAB 1630, MP3 668): A second-century roll with parts of the second book of the Iliad.
Top left fragment: Part of Column 1, with Iliad II.730-736;
Bottom left fragment: Part of Column 1, with Iliad II.745-754;
Second and third fragments at the bottom: Parts of Column 2, with Iliad II 770-779;
Largest fragment in the middle: Parts of Column 3, with Iliad II 780-803;
Joining fragments at the top right: Parts of Column 3, with ends of Iliad II 780-785, and parts of Column 4, with Iliad II.804-809;
Fifth fragment from the left at the bottom: Parts of Column 3, with Iliad II 792-803, with Iliad III.185 bewteen II.798 and II.799;
Bottom fragment to the right: Parts of Column 4, with Iliad II 815-828 (with traces of 815).
Verso (P.Lond. III 742 vo. descr., TM 29241): Accounts in several columns, of the late second or early third century. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105130 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 742 : Homer, Iliad II (P.Oxy. I 20, P.Lond.Lit. 7, TM 60507, LDAB 1630, MP3 668), and Accounts (P.Lond. III 742 vo. descr., TM 29241) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0875]/040-002105130
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, originally light-brown, but darkened in places, especially on the back. Both sides bear writing, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front contains parts of four columns; of the first and fourth columns, part of the top and bottom remain; of the second, part of the bottom; the third is the best preserved. Each column originally contained 25 lines, for a height of 177 mm; upper and lower margins measure 45 and 58 mm respectively. The intercolumn measures x mm. The text on the back is arranged in columns, of which few portions remain.
Modern annotations are visible, with the number in red referring to the publication in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0215
- Date Range:
- 2nd century-early 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Various fragments, the largest of which measures 145 x 80 mm; the estimated height of the roll is 279 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 335 x 790 mm.
Script: Recto: Formal round hand of good size. Finest example of Roman uncial (or round majuscule), strictly bilinear with the exception of phi, with letters fitting into a square and ornamentation. Verso: Rapid cursive hand of small size.
- 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 Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt on the site of the ancient Oxyrhynchus.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 742 descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 7
P.Oxy. I 20 - 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.
Recto
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri I (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1898), pp. 46-47, no. 20.
E. M. Thompson, G. F. Warner, F. G. Kenyon, J. P. Gilson, New Palaeographical Society, Indices to facsimiles of ancient manuscripts (London: Photographed and printed by H. Hart at the Oxford University Press 1903), I.2.
W. Crönert, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 1 (1901), p. 105.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxx, no. 742 descr.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 20, no. 7.
C. H. Roberts, Greek literary hands, 350 B.C.-A.D. 400 (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1955), pl. 12b.
G. Cavallo, Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica (Firenze: Le Monnier 1967), pp. 5, 16, 23, 25-27, with pl. 3.
M. L. West, Studies in the Text and Transmission of the Iliad (München-Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2001), p. 89, no. 15.
W. A. Johnson, Bookrolls and Scribes in Oxyrhynchus (Toronto-London: University of Toronto Press 2004), pp. 89, 132, 137, 180, 188, 253 and passim.
B. Nongbri, ‘The Limits of Palaeographic Dating of Literary Papyri: Some Observations on the Date and Provenance of P.Bodmer II (P66)’, Museum Helveticum 71 (2014), pp. 1-35 (pp. 4-5).
L. Prauscello, G. Ucciardello, ‘Hands and Book-rolls in "P.Oxy." 4411: the First Extant Papyrus Witness for Plato's Critias ("P.Oxy." 4411, frr. 88-90+92+94-95)’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 191 (2014), pp. 47-58 (p. 48).
Verso
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri I (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1898), p. 46.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxx, no. 742 descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)