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Papyrus 1873(7)
- Record Id:
- 041-003797140
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100118245414.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121687494.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1873(7)
- Title:
- End-title, prose introduction to the Iliad, further verses and lease of land
- Scope & Content:
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Portion of a roll containing the end-title, a prose introduction to the Iliad, Iliad I 1-2 and further lines from the Iliad, with stichometric annotations. Unplaced fragments are on the right.
Two lines are visible on the back, perhaps a stichometric annotation; another text is written upside down in two hands and is the contract for a lease of land (TM 113039), dated 3 October 87, drawn up in Euhemeria.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105396
041-003797140 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1873 : Homer, Iliad II (P.Lond.Lit. 6, TM 60260, LDAB 1380, MP3 643), and Other Texts (TM 113039)
Papyrus 1873(7) : End-title, prose introduction to the Iliad, further verses and lease of land - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1216]/040-002105396[0007]/041-003797140
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
-
Larger portion and several detached scraps from a medium-brown papyrus roll, written on both sides. The front of the largest fragment preserves three columns parallel to the fibres, with remains of writing on the back, written across the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The small fragments bear a few traces of writing on the front, and one of them displays a letter on the back. Housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0001
- End Date:
- 0087
- Date Range:
- 1-87
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Largest fragment: 240 x 560 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 320 x 765 mm.
Script: Large, informal hand, rather irregular and shaky; all letters are separated; there are occasional serifs. No accents or breathings; stop used at the end of the line; stichometric signs at each hundred lines, when preserved; cursive hand for the marginal annotations, perhaps of the same scribe. At least two different hands at the end: very large and rather clumsy, upright mixed round hand; medium-sized cursive hand. These two hands are found on the back as well, in addition to two other cursive hands.
- Custodial History:
-
See Papyrus 1873.
- Publications:
-
For the bibliography for this manuscript, see Papyrus 1873.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)