| Homeric papyrus (Iliad 11.516-532, 550-566, 573-598) |
| Homer |
| Iliad 11.516-532, 550-566, 573-598 |
| O. Bouquiaux-Simon, ZPE 74,1988, 297-300 -- Traianos Gagos, Nikos Litinas, Nancy E.
Priest, BASP 41, 2004, 51-52 Priest NE, Homeric Papyri in the Michigan Collection
(Diss.), 99-105, no 24, 1975 Priest NE, ZPE 46, 81-5, 1982 |
| P.Mich.inv. 919 |
| 3 papyri ; a; 21.8 x 12.4 cm; 2: 1.8 x 11.5 cm; 3: 14 x 17.1 cm |
| Fr. a contains the bottoms of two columns; Fr. b is a narrow vertical strip belonging
to col. b; fr. c is the bottom of the third column. In fragment a, kollesis appears
on the verso at 6.5 cm from the left edge. |
| col. 1, 17 lines; col. 2: 17 lines; col. 3: 26 lines |
| Source of description: Verso |
| Fr. a preserves a lower margin of 2.4 cm and intercolumniation of 1.8 cm at its narrowest;
the preserved width of the first column is 14.5 cm, that of the second column 5.5
cm. Fr. b preserves 8 mm of the lower margin. The lower margin in fr. c is 1 cm, and
a minimum if 6 mm remain blank at the right. The text is written in black ink. The
hand is broad sloping, slightly rounded uncials, 3 mm high. There are numerous diacritical
marks (stops, accents, tremata, breathing marks) and a marginal correction. |
| Unknown
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| Greek |
| IInd/IIIrd century A.D.
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| Location: Ann Arbor |
| Pub. status: Verso; Recto unpublished |
| + P.Ryl. III 543 |
| Homer.--Iliad.--Book 11.; Literary; Epic; Papyrus |
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