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Sappho poem POxyXVII 2076 - Public domain dedication image
Summary
P. Oxy. XVII 2076, Sappho, Book ii, ed. A.S. Hunt (Publication date: 1927, Date: Second century, Location: Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford). Preserves part of Sappho's Fragment 44 (Voigt).
Papyrology is the study of manuscripts of ancient literature, correspondence, legal archives, etc., preserved on portable media from antiquity, the most common form of which is papyrus, the principal writing material in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Papyrology includes both the translation and interpretation of ancient documents in a variety of languages as well as the care and conservation of rare papyrus originals.
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1927
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