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P.Oslo III 69 (inv. 664)

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)


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