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Papyrus 743
- Record Id:
- 040-002105131
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003c9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147462954.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 743
- Title:
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Sophocles, Oedipus Rex (P.Oxy. I 22, P.Lond. III 743 descr., P.Lond.Lit. 69 descr., TM 62759, LDAB 3947, MP3 1468)
- Scope & Content:
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The upper portion of a leaf from a papyrus codex containing verses from Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, one side having verses 375-385 written across the fibres, with heading letters in the upper margin, the other side containing verses 429-441 written along the fibres. Corrections were added by a different hand, which also seems to have been responsible for accents, breathings, quantity marks, occasionally occurring; elision and paragraphoi were possibly marked by the first hand.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105131 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 743 : Sophocles, Oedipus Rex (P.Oxy. I 22, P.Lond. III 743 descr., P.Lond.Lit. 69 descr., TM 62759, LDAB 3947, MP3 1468) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0765]/040-002105131
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Upper portion of a leaf from a papyrus codex, preserving part of one column on each side; broken at the bottom but well preserved as to the rest. The upper margin survives to 3 cm. Ink is faded at places; the heading letter on one side, added at a later stage, is in black ink, the rest being in brown ink; housed in one glass case. Number 22 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147462954.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 85 x 950 mm. Housed in one glass case measuring 140 x 155 mm.
Script: Biblical majuscule, small, round and upright; corrections in a different hand, more cursive.
- 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. III 743 descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 69 descr.
P.Oxy. I 22 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 438-439.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. I (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1898), pp. 47-50, no. 22.
W. Crönert. ‘Litterarische Texte mit Ausschlufs der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 1 (1901), pp. 104-215 (p. 110).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. XXX, no. 743 descr.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 50, no. 69.
E. G. Turner, Greek Manuscripts of the Ancient World (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1971), p. 58 and pl. 29.
G. Cavallo, Dalla parte del libro: storie di trasmissione dei classici (Urbino: Quattro venti 2002), pl. 6.
P. Orsini, Manoscritti in maiuscola biblica: materiali per un aggiornamento (Cassino: Edizioni dell'Università degli studi di Cassino 2005), pp. 90-91.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)