Manuscript
Object Title:
Homer, Odyssey
Object Number:
E2818
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Roman
Provenience:
Egypt
Oxyrhynchus
Period:
Late Roman Period
Date Made:
200-299 AD
Early Date:
200
Late Date:
299
Section:
Egyptian
Materials:
Papyrus
Ink
Iconography:
Homer
Odyssey
Description:
Fragment of a Greek Papyrus Manuscript: Greek script in black ink. Verso - parts of last 7 lines of a letter. Recto - Homer Odyssey X: lines 26-50; large missing fragment in center.
Credit Line:
Received from the Egypt Exploration Fund
Other Number:
| OXY-778 | - | Field No SF |
| ES 2818 | - | Original Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions:
44 Eyes in a Museum Storeroom ( Dec 2000 - 2001)
Worlds Intertwined: Classical World Introduction (14 Mar 2003)
Classical Gallery: Greece (1975 - 1989)
Ancient Greek World (08 May 1994)
Bibliography:
[Book] Grenfell & Hunt. Oxyrhynchus Papyri IV. : Page/Fig./Plate: 251
[Book] Grenfell & Hunt. Oxyrhynchus Papyri V. : Page/Fig./Plate: 318
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