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Papyrus 886
- Record Id:
- 040-002105240
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00008b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463637.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 886
- Title:
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Homer, End of Iliad II (P.Lond.Lit. 8, P.Lond. III 886 descr., TM 60678, LDAB 1803, MP3 676)
- Scope & Content:
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Portions of the last two columns from the second book of the Iliad, with end-title.
Left fragment: Iliad II 836-852;
Other fragments: Iliad II 864-877, with end-title and ornamentation above and below it; further traces are visible below (stichometrical notation?).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105240 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 886 : Homer, End of Iliad II (P.Lond.Lit. 8, P.Lond. III 886 descr., TM 60678, LDAB 1803, MP3 676) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0437]/040-002105240
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Four fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with minor surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of the last two columns of book 2 of the Iliad survive; the first fragment from the left contains few letters of 17 lines, with a small trace of another line at the top; the surface is rubbed in places; the second, third and fourth fragments bear parts of the second column, with upper and lower margins partly preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463637.0x000001 (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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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Largest fragment: 177 x 41 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 230 x 215 mm.
Script: Large, well-rounded bookhand, mostly bilinear, exhibiting serifs and curls and some prolonged strokes (“Alexandrian stylistic class”). Accents and breathings noted, elision marked.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- Allen-Sutton-West Ilias 157
P.Lond. III 886 descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 8 - 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. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xliii, no. 886 descr.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 20-21, no. 8.
G. Cavallo, Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica (Firenze: Le Monnier 1967), p. 114, with pl. 100.
M. L. West, Studies in the Text and Transmission of the Iliad (Münich-Leipzig: K. G. Saur 2001), p. 94, no. 157.
F. Schironi, ‘Book-Ends and Book-Layout in Papyri with Hexametric Poetry’, in T. Gagos, A. Hyatt, Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth International Congress of Papyrology, Ann Arbor, July 29-August 4 2007 (Ann Arbor: Scholarly Publishing Office, The University of Michigan Library 2010), pp. 695–704 (p. 703 and passim).
F. Schironi, To mega biblion: book-ends, end-titles, and coronides in papyri with hexametric poetry (Durham, N.C.: American Society of Papyrologists 2010), pp. 142-143, no. 29.
P. Malik, P. Beatty III (P47): the codex, its scribe, and its text (Leiden: Brill 2017), p. 52, n. 150.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)