OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

10.4 x 6.2 cm.

Lines:

7

Publication side:

Recto

Palaeographic description:

One hand. Book hand with features of the Biblical majuscule. Some accents and high stop by the same hand. Medium pen. Black ink.

State of preservation:

The papyrus is reconstructed of 5 fragments. Modern joints visible on the back. Black and red ink traces on the verso. Medium brown colour. Torn on three sides. Frayed upper edge preserved. Upper margin at 2.5 cm. The upper layer was peeled off before the papyrus was written on (part of line 4 is written on the missing layer).

Content

Date:

IVth century CE

Origin:

Unknown place, Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Literary

Author:

Homer

Title / Type of text:

Fragment of the Iliad / Literary

Content:

Iliad 9.381-386. The fragment comes from the top of a column.

Subjects:

Literature Epic poetry Homer Iliad

Named people:

–

Named places:

–

English translation:

–

Provenance:

Cairo, Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by Leiv Amundsen from R. H. Blanchard, Schâri Kâmil

Acquisition year:

1928

Editions

• Eitrem, S. and Amundsen, L., P.Oslo III, 1936, no. 69, p. 8

Further Literature

Catalogues

TM 60988 / LDAB 2121 / M-P3 00847.000 /Allen Sutton West P340 (=West, M. L. (2001). Studies in the text and transmission of the Iliad (p. 100). München)