Title: Odyssey 1, 289-302, [2--] Uniform title: Odyssey. Book 1. Author: Homer. Subject: Literary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, very incomplete ; 8 cm. Note: Actual dimensions of item are 7.4 x 6.6 cm. 14 lines. Written along the fibers on the recto; written across the fibers on the verso in a different hand. P.Duk.inv. 768 R was formerly P.Rob.inv. 31 R. Literary text from Egypt, written on papyrus. Contains lines 289-302 from Book 1 of Homer's Odyssey. Verso has a documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 768 V). In Greek. Publication: John Lundon, "Ancora un frammento odissiaco della Duke Papyrus Collection (Hom. Od. I 289-302)," Analecta Papyrologica 13 (2001) 11-18. Descriptive database available in repository.
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