OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

Fragment a: 2 x 12.8 cm.Fragment b: 1.2 x 11.4 cm.

Lines:

31

Publication side:

Recto, the Verso is blank

Palaeographic description:

The hand is small, upright, round, and of a neat appearance. Vertical hastae are finished at the base with a small hook, a peculiarity which is especially characteristic of the Ist century A.D.

State of preservation:

The papyrus was torn in ancient times, and small strips of papyrus were pasted on both sides of it to mend the damage. One of the strips, the verso of which is turned upwards, covers part of the original writing, which was supplied by another hand on the strip itself.

Content

Date:

IInd century A.D.

Origin:

Probably Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Literary

Author:

Homer

Title / Type of text:

Homeric papyrus (Iliad 2.10-19, 21-24, 26-31)

Content:

Homer, Iliad 2.10-19, 21-24, 26-31.

Subjects:

Literature Epic poetry Homer Iliad

Named people:

–

Named places:

–

English translation:

–

Provenance:

Tebtynis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by L.Amundsen from M.Nahman, Cairo, Febr. 18, 1929

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo III, 136, 65

Further Literature

Collart, 336