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Papyrus 1862(A-G)

Record Id:

040-002105392

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002104451

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000110

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147470586.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Papyrus 1862(A-G)

Title:

Miscellaneous Texts (TM 60505-60506, 61278, 63517-63518, 65532)

Scope & Content:

Upper left fragment (A) (P.Lond.Lit. 3, TM 60505, LDAB 1628): Fragment of a papyrus containing Homer, Iliad I 608-611, with traces of line 607. Assigned to the second century. AD

Second fragment from top (B) (P.Lond.Lit. 195, TM 65532, LDAB 6783): Fragment of an elegiac poem, or possibly a commentary on a poem; assigned to the first century BC. On the back, there are traces of a document written the other way up in relation to the text on the front.

Upper right fragment (C) (P.Lond.Lit. 196, TM 61278, LDAB 2420): Fragment of an unknown literary work, possibly a declamation from the second sophistic (possibly Ionic medical text for Milne or Attic oration for Crönert, in Catalogue of the Literary Papyri, 1927); assigned to the second century AD.

Small fragment in the middle on the right (D) (P.Lond.Lit. 197, TM 63517, LDAB 4726): Fragmentary of an unidentified prose text, mentioning the Greeks; assigned to the second century AD.

Lower left fragment (E): Unpublished texts on either side.

Middle fragment at the bottom (F) (P.Lond.Lit. 19, TM 60506, LDAB 1629): Fragment containing the ends of Homer, Iliad IX 300-317.

Lower right fragment (G) (P.Lond.Lit. 256, TM 63518, LDAB 4727): Fragment of an unidentified text, apparently in prose. Assigned to the second century AD.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002104451
040-002105392

Is part of:

Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri

Papyrus 1862(A-G) : Miscellaneous Texts (TM 60505-60506, 61278, 63517-63518, 65532)

Hierarchy:

032-002104451[0505]/040-002105392

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Seven papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper left fragment (A): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 4 lines written along the fibres, and traces of another line at the top. The back is dark-stained in places.

Second fragment from top (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom (front), broken off on all sides; written on both sides. On the front, there are portions of 10 lines written along the fibres from the bottom of a column. The lower margin is extant. The back bears portions of 6 lines written across the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front.

Upper right fragment (C): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom and right, broken off on the other sides; written on one side; the back is blank. On the front, there are the ends of 7 lines from the foot of a column, written along the fibres. Right and lower margins survive, the lower being ample and measuring 40 mm.

Small fragment in the middle on the right (D): Light-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; the writing runs on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 6 columns written along the fibres.

Lower left fragment (E): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, apparently broken off on all sides; written on both sides. On the front, there are portions of 9 lines written along the fibres, well-spaced; on the back, there are the beginnings of 22 lines written across the fibres.

Middle fragment at the bottom (F): Dark-brown papyrus fragment, of lighter colour on the back; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are a few letters from the ends of 17 lines.

Lower right fragment (G): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom and right, broken off on the other sides; written on one side; the back is blank. On the front, there are the ends of 12 lines from the foot of a column, written along the fibres. Right and lower margins are minimal.

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

-0099

End Date:

0199

Date Range:

1st century BC-2nd century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Papyrus.

Dimensions: A: 24 x 63 mm; B: 60 x 32 mm; C: 77 x 42 mm; D: 148 x 68 mm; F: 95 x 30 mm; G: 70 x 70 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 235 x 230 mm.

Script: A: Large, formal rounded capital, generally bilinear, with serifs; each letter occupy the shape of a square; elision not marked. B: Recto: Informal, upright hand with some cursive traits; one correction occurs; Verso: Upright cursive hand. C: Round, upright semi-cursive hand. D: Small and neat capital, generally bilinear; with well-spaced letters and small serifs in places; elision not marked. E: Recto: Rapid, sloping cursive hand. Verso: Neat, upright semi-cursive hand. F: Upright, round capital, overall bilinear, with some serifs. G: Medium-sized, upright semi-cursive hand.

Custodial History:

Origin: Egypt.

Provenance: Egypt. Formerly kept at the Oriental Department of the British Museum, stored in a box in the Assyrian Keeper’s room and accessioned with Papyri 1852-1862 in January 1911.

Former External References:

P.Lond.Lit. 19
P.Lond.Lit. 195
P.Lond.Lit. 196
P.Lond.Lit. 197
P.Lond.Lit. 256
P.Lond.Lit. 3

Publications:

Herbert J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1927), p. 1, no. 3.

Martin L. West, Studies in the Text and Transmission of the Iliad (Münich-Leipzig: De Gruyter, 2001), p. 88, no. 136.

Herbert J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1927), pp. 161-62, no. 195.

Alfred Körte, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete, 10 (1932), 114-60 (p. 136).

Alfred D. Knox, ‘Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum’, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 15 (1929), 139-41 (p. 139).

Marina Del Fabbro, ‘Il commentario nella tradizione papiracea’, Studia papyrologica, 18 (1979), 69-132 (no. 26).

Herbert J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1927), p. 162, no. 196.

Alfred Körte, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete, 10 (1932), 217-37 (p. 236, no. 784).

Marie-Hélène Marganne, Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de médecine (Genève: Librairie Droz, 1981), no. 109.

Michael Gronewald, ‘Zu P. Lit. Lond. 196‘, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 159 (2007), 71-72.

Herbert J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1927), pp. 162-63, no. 197.

Alfred Körte, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete, 10 (1932), 217-37 (pp. 235-36).

Herbert J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1927), p. 24, no. 19.

Martin L. West, Studies in the Text and Transmission of the Iliad (Münich-Leipzig: De Gruyter, 2001), no. 209.

Herbert J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1927), p. 215, no. 256.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Homer, epic poet, ? 8th century BC,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000036354151X