Homer's Iliad

COLLECTION NAME:

Papyri Collection

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ManchesterDev~93~3

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Reference number:

Greek P 539d

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Greek P 539d

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Side:

recto

folio

recto

Side

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Image Number:

JRL220600306

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JRL220600306

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Image Title:

Homer's Iliad

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Homer's Iliad

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Trismegistos Number:

61209

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Trismegistos Number

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Subject:

Epic poetry

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Epic poetry

Subject

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Creator Role:

Author

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Author

Creator Role

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Creator:

Homer

creator

Homer

Creator

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Citation reference:

P. Ryl. Gr. 3 539

citation_reference

P. Ryl. Gr. 3 539

Citation reference

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Description:

Fragment of a roll of Homer's Iliad Book 1, recovered from two pieces of mummy cartonnage along with Greek Papyri 458, 496, 499, 501, 502 and 503 and some Demotic texts. Acquired in 1917.

description

Fragment of a roll of Homer's Iliad Book 1, recovered from two pieces of mummy cartonnage along with Greek Papyri 458, 496, 499, 501, 502 and 503 and some Demotic texts. Acquired in 1917.

Description

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Creation site:

Egypt

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Egypt

Creation site

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Date created:

2nd century BCE

date_created

2nd century BCE

Date created

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Language:

Greek

language

Greek

Language

false

Language code:

grc-EG

language_code

grc-EG

Language code

false

Item height:

45 mm

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45 mm

Item height

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Item width:

38 mm

item_width

38 mm

Item width

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Technique used:

Handwriting

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Handwriting

Technique used

false

Medium:

Ink

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Ink

Medium

false

Support material:

Papyrus

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Papyrus

Support material

false

Discovery site:

Egypt

discovery_site

Egypt

Discovery site

false

Bibliographic Reference:

Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952

bibliographic_reference

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:

The University of Manchester Library, U.K.

Category:

Manuscripts

MEDIA INFORMATION

Homer's Iliad