OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

3.7 x 3.7 cm.

Lines:

6

Publication side:

Recto

Palaeographic description:

One hand. Semi cursive hand. Some letters have decorative finials. Accents (acute) and apostrophes are added by the main hand. Black ink. Thin pen.

State of preservation:

Medium brown colour. Upper and lower parts are torn; right and left are broken. Some holes in the middle. The first line is rubbed off.

Content

Date:

IIIrd/IVth century CE

Origin:

Behnasa (ancient Oxyrhynchus), Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Literary

Author:

Homer

Title / Type of text:

Fragment of the Iliad / Literary

Content:

Iliad 10.82-87

Subjects:

Literature Epic poetry Homer Iliad

Named people:

–

Named places:

–

English translation:

–

Provenance:

Oxyrhynchus, Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by Leiv Amundsen from Ali Mahmud Derballah (Behnasa) at Beni Masar

Acquisition year:

1929

Editions

• Eitrem, S. and Amundsen, L., P.Oslo III, 1936, no. 70, pp. 9-10

Further Literature

Catalogues

TM 60954 / LDAB 2084 / M-P3 00854.000 / Allen Sutton West P341 (=West, M. L. (2001). Studies in the text and transmission of the Iliad (p. 100). München)