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Detail View: Papyri Collection: Homer's Odyssey

Reference number: 
Greek P 53
Side: 
101 verso
Image Number: 
JRL0701034dc
Image Title: 
Homer's Odyssey
Trismegistos Number: 
Subject: 
Poetry
Subject: 
History, Ancient
Subject: 
Classical literature
Subject: 
Mythology, Greek
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Homer
Source Title: 
Odyssey
Section: 
Volume 12-24, ?, 526-548
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. Gr. 1 53
Description: 
Damaged remains of a codex, written on vellum, which once contained the entire 'Odyssey'.
Date created: 
3rd-4th century CE
Time period covered: 
750 - 1 BCE
Place covered: 
Greece, Ancient
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc
Item height: 
Leaf: c.168 mm
Item width: 
Leaf: c. 130 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Support material: 
Vellum
Discovery site: 
Egypt
Bibliography: 
Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952
Current repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Category: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Fragments
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Image rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number: 
grc0053-101v
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2006-10-06
Date: issued: 
2007-01
Metadata language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Papyri