Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1231 (P. Oxy. 1231 or P. Oxy. X 1231) is a papyrus discovered at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, first published in 1914 by Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt. [1] The papyrus preserves fragments of the second half of Book I of a Hellenistic edition of the poetry of the archaic poet Sappho. [a] [1]
The papyrus comes from a second century AD roll, [3] and is made up of 56 smaller fragments. [4] The largest piece, fragment one, measures 17.7 cm × 13.2 cm; it covers two columns and includes fragments of four poems. [4] It is written in a small informal upright hand, and corrections and marginalia have been added in a second hand, using a different ink. [5]
The papyrus preserves a number of fragments by Sappho. Fragment one of the papyrus preserves four consecutive fragments; frr. 15, 16, 17, and 18 in Voigt's edition. [6] Also preserved, on fragment 56 of the papyrus, is the final poem of Book I of Sappho, fragment 30. [7] A colophon at the end of fragment 56 of the papyrus shows that Sappho's Book I contained 1320 lines, or 330 stanzas. [7] Sappho's name is not preserved here; instead, the authorship of the fragments is established by the metre ( Sapphic stanzas), dialect ( Aeolic), and three overlaps with previously-known fragments attributed to Sappho. [4]
The papyrus is now in the collection of the Bodleian Library. [3]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ a b Bierl & Lardinois 2016, p. 1.
- ^ Rayor & Lardinois 2014, p. 102.
- ^ a b Obbink 2016a, p. 15.
- ^ a b c Grenfell & Hunt 1914, p. 20.
- ^ Grenfell & Hunt 1914, p. 21.
- ^ Obbink 2016b, p. 46, n. 42.
- ^ a b Obbink 2016b, p. 43.
Works cited
- Bierl, Anton; Lardinois, André (2016). "Introduction". In Bierl, Anton; Lardinois, André (eds.). The Newest Sappho: P. Sapph. Obbink and P. GC inv. 105, frs.1–4. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-31483-2.
- Grenfell, Bernard Pyne; Hunt, Arthur Surridge, eds. (1914). The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. X. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.
- Obbink, Dirk (2016a). "The Newest Sappho: Text, Apparatus Criticus, and Translation". In Bierl, Anton; Lardinois, André (eds.). The Newest Sappho: P. Sapph. Obbink and P. GC inv. 105, frs.1–4. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-31483-2.
- Obbink, Dirk (2016b). "Ten Poems of Sappho: Provenance, Authenticity, and Text of the New Sappho Papyri". In Bierl, Anton; Lardinois, André (eds.). The Newest Sappho: P. Sapph. Obbink and P. GC inv. 105, frs.1–4. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-31483-2.
- Rayor, Diane; Lardinois, André (2014). Sappho: A New Edition of the Complete Works. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1231 (P. Oxy. 1231 or P. Oxy. X 1231) is a papyrus discovered at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, first published in 1914 by Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt. [1] The papyrus preserves fragments of the second half of Book I of a Hellenistic edition of the poetry of the archaic poet Sappho. [a] [1]
The papyrus comes from a second century AD roll, [3] and is made up of 56 smaller fragments. [4] The largest piece, fragment one, measures 17.7 cm × 13.2 cm; it covers two columns and includes fragments of four poems. [4] It is written in a small informal upright hand, and corrections and marginalia have been added in a second hand, using a different ink. [5]
The papyrus preserves a number of fragments by Sappho. Fragment one of the papyrus preserves four consecutive fragments; frr. 15, 16, 17, and 18 in Voigt's edition. [6] Also preserved, on fragment 56 of the papyrus, is the final poem of Book I of Sappho, fragment 30. [7] A colophon at the end of fragment 56 of the papyrus shows that Sappho's Book I contained 1320 lines, or 330 stanzas. [7] Sappho's name is not preserved here; instead, the authorship of the fragments is established by the metre ( Sapphic stanzas), dialect ( Aeolic), and three overlaps with previously-known fragments attributed to Sappho. [4]
The papyrus is now in the collection of the Bodleian Library. [3]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ a b Bierl & Lardinois 2016, p. 1.
- ^ Rayor & Lardinois 2014, p. 102.
- ^ a b Obbink 2016a, p. 15.
- ^ a b c Grenfell & Hunt 1914, p. 20.
- ^ Grenfell & Hunt 1914, p. 21.
- ^ Obbink 2016b, p. 46, n. 42.
- ^ a b Obbink 2016b, p. 43.
Works cited
- Bierl, Anton; Lardinois, André (2016). "Introduction". In Bierl, Anton; Lardinois, André (eds.). The Newest Sappho: P. Sapph. Obbink and P. GC inv. 105, frs.1–4. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-31483-2.
- Grenfell, Bernard Pyne; Hunt, Arthur Surridge, eds. (1914). The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. X. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.
- Obbink, Dirk (2016a). "The Newest Sappho: Text, Apparatus Criticus, and Translation". In Bierl, Anton; Lardinois, André (eds.). The Newest Sappho: P. Sapph. Obbink and P. GC inv. 105, frs.1–4. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-31483-2.
- Obbink, Dirk (2016b). "Ten Poems of Sappho: Provenance, Authenticity, and Text of the New Sappho Papyri". In Bierl, Anton; Lardinois, André (eds.). The Newest Sappho: P. Sapph. Obbink and P. GC inv. 105, frs.1–4. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-31483-2.
- Rayor, Diane; Lardinois, André (2014). Sappho: A New Edition of the Complete Works. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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