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This engraving provides a meticulous facsimile of a papyrus fragment recovered from the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum. The plate captures 'Column 10' of a Greek text, preserving the specific uncial script and the physical lacunae of the carbonized scroll as it appeared during the 19th-century unrolling process directed by John Hayter.
This detailed engraving provides a facsimile of a papyrus fragment recovered from the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum. The illustration captures the delicate, charred edges of the scroll and the precise Greek uncial lettering, reflecting the painstaking efforts of 19th-century scholars like John Hayter to preserve and transcribe texts lost during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
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papyrus_fragmentDrinking Songs from Elephantine (Symposium Songbook)
Berlin Papyrus Collection
Fragmented Greek papyrus containing sympotic songs (skolia) intended for performance at a social banquet or symposium.
papyrus_fragmentEuripides, Telephus
Berlin Papyrus Collection
A set of papyrus fragments containing Greek text from the lost tragedy 'Telephus' by Euripides.
papyrus_fragmentEuripides, The Bound Melanippe
Berlin Papyrus Collection
A Greek papyrus fragment containing text from the lost play 'The Bound Melanippe' (Melanippe Desmotis) by the Athenian dramatist Euripides.
papyrus_fragmentHomer, Iliad Book 24 (Grieving for Hector)
Berlin Papyrus Collection
A papyrus fragment containing Greek text from Book 24 of Homer's Iliad, focusing on the mourning for the Trojan hero Hector.
papyrus_fragmentHomer, Iliad Book 8 (Divine Assembly on Olympus)
Berlin Papyrus Collection
A papyrus fragment containing Greek text from Homer's Iliad, Book 8, describing the assembly of the gods on Mount Olympus.
papyrus_fragmentHomer, Odyssey Book 10 (Circe's Transformation)
Berlin Papyrus Collection
A fragment of papyrus containing Greek text from Book 10 of Homer's Odyssey, specifically describing the encounter between Odysseus and the god Hermes.
papyrus_fragmentMenander, Kitharistes (The Lyre Player)
Berlin Papyrus Collection
A papyrus fragment containing columns of Greek text from the play Kitharistes (The Lyre Player) by the Athenian playwright Menander.
papyrus_fragmentSappho, Fragments from Book V
Berlin Papyrus Collection
Papyrus fragments containing handwritten Greek text identified as the poetry of Sappho from Book V.
papyrus_fragmentTimotheus of Miletus, The Persians (Oldest Greek Book Roll)
Berlin Papyrus Collection
Columns of Greek uncial script written on a fragmented papyrus scroll.
Fragments of classical Greek literature preserved on papyrus in the sands of Egypt. Includes the oldest surviving Greek book roll (Timotheus, 4th c. BCE), fragments of Sappho, Euripides, Menander, and multiple Homer manuscripts — some used as school texts, others as luxury copies.
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