Detail View: Papyri Collection: Homer's Iliad
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Reference number:
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Greek P 539f
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL220600310
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Image Title:
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Homer's Iliad
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Trismegistos Number:
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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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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. Gr. 3 539
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Description:
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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.
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Creation site:
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Egypt
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Date created:
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2nd century BCE
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Language:
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Greek
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Language code:
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grc-EG
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Item height:
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77 mm
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Item width:
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35 mm
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Discovery site:
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Egypt
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Bibliographic Reference:
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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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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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grc539fr
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date image captured:
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2022-06-23
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Date: issued:
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2022-07
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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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