OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

2.3 x 4.2 cm.

Lines:

4

Publication side:

Verso

Palaeographic description:

The text is written in large, upright, rather uneven letters. The style of the small fragment is not easy to date.

State of preservation:

The text is written on the verso of the fragment. The recto contains only small and unidentifiable traces of writing, dating probably from the 2nd century A.D.

Content

Date:

IInd century A.D.

Origin:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Literary

Author:

Homer

Title / Type of text:

Homeric papyrus (Iliad 3, 29-34)

Content:

Homer, Iliad 3, 29-34

Subjects:

Literature Epic poetry Homer Iliad

Named people:

–

Named places:

–

English translation:

–

Provenance:

Oxyrhynchos, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by L. Amundsen from Ali Mahmud, Derballah (Behnasa) at Beni Masas, Jan. 27, 1929

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo III, 1936, 67

Further Literature

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