lost text

C41019 concept

Lost text is any written or recorded material that once existed but is now partially or completely unavailable due to destruction, disappearance, or incomplete preservation.

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Observed surface forms (8)

lost play ×17
lost philosophical work ×3
lost poem ×2
lost documents ×1
lost historical work ×1
lost religious text ×1
non-extant text ×1
textual remnant ×1

Instances (28)

Marcion's Gospel
acts of David (according to 1 Chronicles 29:29) via concept surface "non-extant text"
Hecale via concept surface "lost poem"
fragments of Sophocles via concept surface "textual remnant"
Love's Labour's Won (lost play) via concept surface "lost play"
surface form: Love's Labour's Won
Silloi via concept surface "lost poem"
On Nature via concept surface "lost philosophical work"
surface form: On Nature (Philolaus)
letters from hiding (largely lost) via concept surface "lost documents"
surface form: Letters from Hiding (largely lost)
Euripides’ lost play Hypsipyle via concept surface "lost play"
surface form: Hypsipyle (Euripides)
Book of Lehi abridgment (later lost in 116 pages) via concept surface "lost religious text"
surface form: Book of Lehi abridgment
The Men at Arbitration via concept surface "lost play"
The Farmer via concept surface "lost play"
The Adulterers via concept surface "lost play"
The Beggar via concept surface "lost play"
The Painter via concept surface "lost play"
The Stranger via concept surface "lost play"
The Ghost via concept surface "lost play"
The Woman from Ephesus via concept surface "lost play"
The Brothers via concept surface "lost play"
The Girl from Samos via concept surface "lost play"
The Woman from Corinth via concept surface "lost play"
The Woman from Cyprus via concept surface "lost play"
The Woman from Perinthus via concept surface "lost play"
The Woman from Sicyon via concept surface "lost play"
The Woman from Miletus via concept surface "lost play"
On Death via concept surface "lost philosophical work"
Origines via concept surface "lost historical work"
On Providence (Panaetius, lost) via concept surface "lost philosophical work"