OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

P.Harr. 45

Size:

6 x 16 cm

Lines:

23

Publication side:

Verso (Recto: P.Oslo III 190)

Palaeographic description:

The text has been written by the same scribe throughout, who has used a medium-thick pen and black ink. The hand is an upright informal, somewhat flattened, round capital. The medium-sized letters, of which some show a slight inclination to the right, have been penned rapidly.

State of preservation:

A fragment of light brown papyrus in a bad state of preservation. Rectangular but for a bit irregularly torn off its upper left part. Torn vertically almost in a straight line on the right (along a kollesis?) with the result that line ends and right margin are missing thoughout. A small portion of the upper margin (1.3 cm.), the lower part of the left margin (1.4 cm.) and the entire lower margin (2.6 cm.) has been preserved. Several small holes are visible on the sheet.

Content

Date:

1st half of the IInd century A.D.

Origin:

Possibly Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Literary

Author:

Demosthenes

Title / Type of text:

De corona § § 201-205

Content:

Demosthenes, De corona § § 201-205

Subjects:

Literature Oratory Demosthenes De corona

Named people:

–

Named places:

–

English translation:

–

Provenance:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by Eitrem in Egypt 1920

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo II, 1931, 10
• Maravela-Solbakk A, APF 52, 2006, 6-13, picture: Tafel 1

Further Literature

Catalogues

TM 59512 / DCLP (PN) / PAPCM / M-P3 285

Discussions

• Sardone, L. (2021). I papiri del De Corona di Demostene: Storia e critica del testo. Edipuglia. Re-edition of P.Oslo II 10 + P.Harr 45; see pp. 177–181 (no. 21).
• Connor, A. J., Dijkstra, J. H. F., & Hoogendijk, F. A. J. (2024). Unending Variety : Papyrological Texts and Studies in Honour of Peter van Minnen. Brill. Compares the column width of no. 37; see p. 111 n. 36.
• Essler, H. (2025). Ein mögliches Beispiel für das Kolumnenmaß in der antiken Stichometrie. Pylon, 7, Article 8. https://doi.org/10.48631/pylon.2025.7.112024. Stichometric analysis of P.Oslo II 10 + P.Harris 45; see §§6-10.