Detail View: Papyri Collection: Homer's Odyssey
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Reference number:
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Greek P 53
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Side:
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78 recto
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Image Number:
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JRL0701032dc
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Image Title:
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Homer's Odyssey
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Trismegistos Number:
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Subject:
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Poetry
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Subject:
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History, Ancient
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Subject:
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Classical literature
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Subject:
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Mythology, Greek
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Homer
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Source Title:
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Odyssey
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Section:
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Volume 12-24, ?, 419-434
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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. Gr. 1 53
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Description:
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Damaged remains of a codex, written on vellum, which once contained the entire 'Odyssey'.
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Date created:
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3rd-4th century CE
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Time period covered:
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750 - 1 BCE
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Place covered:
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Greece, Ancient
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Language:
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Greek
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Language code:
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grc
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Item height:
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Leaf: c.168 mm
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Item width:
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Leaf: c. 130 mm
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Support material:
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Vellum
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Discovery site:
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Egypt
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Bibliography:
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Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image sequence number:
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grc0053-078r
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Date image captured:
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2006-10-06
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Date: issued:
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2007-01
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Papyri
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