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Papyrus 1874
- Record Id:
- 040-002105397
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000113
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466664.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1874
- Title:
- Dialogue on Odyssey (P.Lond.Lit. 160, TM 61147, LDAB 2286, MP3 1214)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragmentary dialogue on the Odyssey between Theophanes and another speaker, referring to the episode of the beggar Irus in Book XVIII. P.Giss.Lit. 2.9 (=P. BUG inv. 361, LDAB 2382) of the third century BC contains the same work.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105397 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1874 : Dialogue on Odyssey (P.Lond.Lit. 160, TM 61147, LDAB 2286, MP3 1214) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0508]/040-002105397
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Five fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, darker and with surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Fragment 1 bears portions of 2 columns of 12 and 11 lines respectively and part of the upper margin; fragment 2 preserves few letters of 6 and 10 lines from 2 columns; on fragment 3, remains of 4 lines survive; fragment 4, which is the largest, contains portions of 4 columns and the lower margin; fragment 5 bears traces of 2 lines. The column width is 70 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466664.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0099
- End Date:
- -0000
- Date Range:
- 1st century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Largest fragment: 200 x 255 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 270 x 400 mm.
Script: Upright and regular hand, with serifs and overall bilinear; paragraphus marks change of speakers.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1873-2016 from Ali Abd el Haj on 15 May 1911.
- Former External References:
- Allen-Sutton-West h31a
P.Lond.Lit. 160 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915 I (London: British Museum 1969), p. 475.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 129-131, no. 160.
A. Körte, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 10 (1932), pp. 224-225.
H. Eberhart, Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung der Giessener Universitätsbibliothek IV (Giessen: von Münchow 1935), pp. 14-19, no. 39.
P. A. Kuhlmann, Berichte und Arbeiten aus der Universitätsbibliothekund dem Universitätsarchiv Giessen 46. Die Giessener Literarischen Papyriund Die Caracalla-Erlasse- Edition, Übersetzung Und Kommentar (Giessen: Universitätsbibliothek 1994), pp. 59-60.
M. L. West, Homerus. Odyssea (Berlin-Boston: de Gruyter 2017), p. xliii, no. h31a.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)