qhlazomenoi de upo mias twn bown
terata tw basilei proshnegkan o de th tou
patros ellhnos gnwmh peisqeis olokautoun ta
brefh as melanipph th qugatri prosetacen
entafiois auta kosmhsai h de kai ton kosmon

01 [θηλαζόμε]ν̣οι δὲ ὑπὸ μιᾶς τ[ῶν βοῶν
02 [ ] τ̣έρατα τῶι βασιλεῖ̣ π̣[ροσήνεγκαν· ὃ δὲ τῆι τοῦ
03 [πατρὸς Ἕλ]λ̣ηνος γνώμηι [πεισθεὶς ὁλοκαυτοῦν τὰ
04 [βρέφη ]  ̣α̣ς¹ Μελανίππηι τ̣ῆι[ θυγατρὶ προσέταξεν
05 [ ἐνταφίοις αὐτὰ κοσμῆσα]ι̣· ἣ δὲ κ[αὶ² τὸν κόσμον κτλ.
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04 n. 01    ̣α̣ς Van Rossum : κρί]ν̣α̣ς ed. pr.
05 n. 02 κοσμῆσα]ι̣· ἣ δὲ κ[αὶ Van Rossum : κοσμ]ῆ̣σ̣α̣ι̣· [ἣ δὲ καὶ ed. pr.

Author:

anon.

Quoted Author:

[Euripides, Melanippe Sophe]

Genre:

hypothesis

Type:

mythology

Contents:

hypothesis to Euripides' Melanippe Sophe (similar to the manuscript tradition).

Proper names:

Hellên; Melanippê.

Mythological:

Hellên; Melanippê.

Material:

papyrus

Bookform:

roll

Size:

4 x 6.3

Script:

across the fibres

Front / Back:

official document (on inheritance?), late AD 1

State Preservation:

remains of 5 lines, broken off on both sides, with a large upper margin (3.6 cm).

11.5 - 12 (R)

38-40 (R)

possibly iota adscript in l. 4 (cf. ed. princ.).

Hand:

small, informal, round, upright, markedly bilinear (except for one very large bêta, l. 2), regular, carefully written by a proficient scribe, without decorations; most letters touch.

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