Callimachus — 4th century; Egyptian, Oxyrhynchus(?) | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

Callimachus — 4th century; Egyptian, Oxyrhynchus(?)

Shelfmark

MS. Gr. class. c. 72 (P)/1-7

Place of origin

Egyptian, Oxyrhynchus(?)

Date

4th century

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Fragments of at least seven leaves, from a codex with pagination, arranged as follows (references are to Pfeiffer's Oxford Classical Texts edition): Fol. 1 verso and recto (pp. 151-2): Aet. III, story of Cydippe [Pfeiffer fr. 75-6] Fol. 2 verso (p. 185 ?): Aet. IV, conclusion [Pfeiffer fr. 112]; and Iamb. I prologue [Pfeiffer fr. 191, lines 1-5, 6-10]. recto (p. 186?): conclusion of prologue, and story of Bathycles [Iamb. I; Pfeiffer fr. 191, lines 26-46, 47-51]. Fol. 3 verso (p. 187): story of Bathycles continued [Iamb. I, Pfeiffer fr. 191, lines 54-73]. recto (p. 188): [Iamb. I, Pfeiffer fr. 191, lines 78-98] Fol. 4 verso [p. 189]: [Iamb. II, Pfeiffer fr. 192 lines 4-17, and Iamb. III, Pfeiffer fr. 193 lines 1-13]. recto [p. 190]: [Iamb. III, Pfeiffer fr. 193 lines 24-39, and Iamb. IV, Pfeiffer fr. 194 lines 1-21]. Fol. 5 verso and recto (pp. 191-2): [Iamb. IV, Pfeiffer fr. 194 lines 22-64, 65-106]. Fol. 6 verso and recto: [Iamb. XIII: recto, Pfeiffer fr. 203, lines 2-33, verso, fr. 203, lines 34-66]. Fol. 7 recto and verso: [Iamb. XII, Pfeiffer fr. 202 lines 7-86]. .

Callimachus Aitia

Callimachus Iambi

Form

codex

Support

papyrus

Acquisition

Given by the Egypt Exploration Society, 1921 (Papyri Bodleianae, p. 327)

Provenance

Excavated at Oxyrhynchus in the winter of 1905-6.

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