Papyrus / fragment

Description

Fragment of papyrus inscribed in Greek with the ends of lines of Homer's Odyssey xvii, 410-428: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Oxyrhynchus, Graeco-Roman period, late 1st century BC

Museum reference

A.1906.604 B

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Papyrus / fragment

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Late 1st century BC

Materials

Papyrus

Physical description

Papyrus

Collection place(s)

Oxyrhynchus, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Inscribed with his lines: Homer

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Grenfell and Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri IV, London 1904, no. 783