Detail View: Papyri Collection: Homer's Odyssey

Reference number: 
Greek P 546
Side: 
recto
Image Number: 
JRL1401785
Image Title: 
Homer's Odyssey
Trismegistos Number: 
Subject: 
Poetry
Subject: 
History, Ancient
Subject: 
Classical literature
Subject: 
Mythology, Greek
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Homer
Source Title: 
Odyssey
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. 3 546
Description: 
Clumsily written fragment of Homer's epic, 'The Odyssey', possibly copied out by a schoolboy.
Date created: 
3rd century CE
Time period covered: 
750 - 1 BCE
Place covered: 
Greece, Ancient
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Support material: 
Papyrus
Bibliography: 
Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952. 'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 82, Nos. 2 and 3, 2000.
Current repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Category: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Fragments
Image rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number: 
grc0546r
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured: 
2013-09-23
Date: issued: 
2014-02
Metadata language: 
eng-GB