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Papyrus 2446
- Record Id:
- 040-002105478
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000166
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124318.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2446
- Title:
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Homer, Iliad XV (P.Oxy. XI 1392, P.Lond.Lit. 23, TM 60831, LDAB 1959, MP3 921)
- Scope & Content:
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Left-hand portion of a column with parts of Iliad XV, 303-325, from the library of Aurelia Ptolemais.
On the back there are remains of a third-century document.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105478 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2446 : Homer, Iliad XV (P.Oxy. XI 1392, P.Lond.Lit. 23, TM 60831, LDAB 1959, MP3 921) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1049]/040-002105478
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of papyrus, broken off at the bottom and right (front), with small insect holes and minor surface damage; written on both sides. On the front there are the beginnings of 23 lines; upper and lower margins survive. On the back there are some strips of papyrus glued onto the surface in order to strengthen the roll; traces of writing running across the lines survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124318.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 142 x 91 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 195 x 140 mm.
Script: Recto: Biblical Majuscule. Verso: Cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Found with P.Oxy. XI 1365 and 1386. Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 2435-2485 by the Egypt Exploration Society on 18 July 1922.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 23
P.Oxy. XI 1392 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 365.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XI (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1915), pp. 243-244, no. 1392.
H. Oldfather, The Greek Literary Texts from Greco-Roman Egypt (Madison: University of Wisconsin 1923), no. 603.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 25, no. 23.
G. Cavallo, Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica (Firenze: Le Monnier 1967), pp. 47, 50, with pl. 23.
R. S. Bagnall, ‘An Owner of Literary Papyri’, Classical Philology 87 (1992), pp. 137-140.
M. L. West, Studies in the Text and Transmission of the Iliad (München-Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2001), p. 92, no. 93.
J.-L. Fournet, ‘Homère et les papyrus non littéraires: le Poète dans le contexte de ses lecteurs’, in G. Bastianini, A. Casanova (eds.), I papiri omerici. Atti del convegno internazionale di studi Firenze, 9-10 Giugno 2011 (Firenze: Istituto Papirologico «G. Vitelli» 2012), pp. 125-157 (p. 126).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)