OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

6.3 x 15.5 cm.; 2.7 x 5.1 cm.

Lines:

fr.a: 27fr.b: 8

Publication side:

Recto

Palaeographic description:

The hand is an informal, rounded capital. The scribe has penned the text quickly using black ink and a medium-thick pen. The handwriting conveys the impression of haste and carelessness, with little concern for calligraphy. The present fragment is likely to have been the product of private scribal asctivity.

State of preservation:

Two fragments of light brown papyrus. The writing is with the fibres. Fragment a is torn irregularly on all sides. It preserves the end of twenty-seven lines. Fragment b is a scrap, preserving two to five letters from the beginning of lines as well as part of the left-hand margin. It is torn straight on the left-hand side; whereas to the right it appears shredded.

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 1.411-437; 473-480)

Content:

Homer, Iliad 1.411-437 and 473-480

Subjects:

Literature Epic poetry Homer Iliad

Named people:

–

Named places:

–

English translation:

–

Provenance:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased from M.Nahman, Cairo, Sept. 1934

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Maravela-Solbakk A, SO 79, 2004, 109-116, picture: p. 114

Further Literature

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