DCLP transcription: 68974 [xml]
1[κ]ο̣σμοῦντες χύτρ[ας ἀρτύμασι παντοδαποῖσιν]
[ο]ὐ τρώγω ῥεφάν̣[ας, οὐ κ]ράμ̣[βα]ς̣, [οὐ κολοκύνθας],
[οὐ]δὲ π̣ρ̣άσ̣οις χλ[ωροῖς] ἐ̣π̣ι̣β̣[ό]σ̣[κομαι, οὐδὲ σελίνοις]
[ταῦτα γὰ]ρ ὑμέτε̣[ρ’ ἐσ]τ̣ὶν ἐδέσμα̣[τα τῶν κατὰ λίμνην].
5[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ τάδε(*) μ̣[ειδήσ]ας Φυσίγ[ναθος ἀντίον ηὔδα]·
[ξεῖνε, λίην αὐχεῖς ἐ]π̣ὶ γαστέρ[ι ἔστι καὶ ἡμῖν]
[πολλὰ γὰρ ἐν λίμνῃ κ]α̣ὶ ἐπὶ χθο[νὶ θαύματ’ ἰδέσθαι].
[- ca.15 -] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
© Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Notes
- 1-2.
Between lines 1 and 2 (= Homer lines 41 and 53), Homer's lines 42-52 are missing, which are generally considered as a Byzantine interpolations
- 5.
If the alternative, suggested by editor, is correct, it is remarkable to find this unmetrical reading attested so early.
- 6.
The editor notes that there is an unidentifiable trace, below τ of the previous line, and that there is a washed-out letter between ι and γ.