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Papyrus 1191
- Record Id:
- 040-002105282
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000a7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469840.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1191
- Title:
- Homer, Iliad XI (P.Oxy. III 550, P.Lond.Lit. 250, TM 60501, LDAB 1624)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragments of a papyrus roll containing portions from the eleventh book of Homer’s Iliad.
Left column: Iliad XI.505-516, 521-547 (only endings of lines);
Right column: Iliad XI.555-567, 572-602 (only beginnings of lines), with new readings in lines 563 and 595.
On the back, there are traces of a second or third century document, of which little remains.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105282 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1191 : Homer, Iliad XI (P.Oxy. III 550, P.Lond.Lit. 250, TM 60501, LDAB 1624) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1184]/040-002105282
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Two fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with writing on both sides. The front bears portions of two columns written along the fibres, with no line being complete. The lower margin survives. On the back, there are traces of an effaced text, running across the fibres. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469840.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Larger fragment: 178 x 103 mm; fragment 2: 62 x 100 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 310 x 155 mm.
Script: Recto: Small and neat round hand, with serifs in places; letters are well and regularly spaced; bilinearism is breached by some uprights extending above and below the writing line. Occasional accents and elision marks occur; an addition above the line was made by a second hand in line 583; critical sign opposite l. 602. Verso: Cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, (?) Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1181-1199 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 250
P.Oxy. III 550 - 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. 443.
Bernard P. Grenfell, Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Part II (London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1903), p. 276, no. 550.
Friedrich Blass, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluss der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 3 (1906), 257-99 (p. 261).
Herbert J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1927), p. 210, no. 250.
Martin L. West, Studies in the Text and Transmission of the Iliad (Münich-Leipzig: De Gruyter, 2001), p. 89, no. 25.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)