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Papyrus 190
- Record Id:
- 040-002104571
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000374
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123363.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 190
- Title:
- Letter Concerning the Delivery of Provisions (P.Lond. II 190, TM 28020)
- Scope & Content:
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A letter from Cerdon to Agrippinus, who complained in a previous letter about not having received certain supplies. Cerdon replies that at first he did not send the goods because Agrippinus wrote that he was coming himself, and that subsequently he sent the provisions through Eutyches. In the second column of the letter he lists the delivered goods, among which are different kinds of bread, dates, olive oil, vinegar.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104571 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 190 : Letter Concerning the Delivery of Provisions (P.Lond. II 190, TM 28020) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0109]/040-002104571
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, with all margins extant, written on one side along the fibres and containing two columns of 26 and 20 lines respectively; mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123363.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 217 x 197 mm, mounted in a glass case measuring 270 x 250 mm.
Script: Semi-cursive hand, possibly the same as the one of BGU IV 1040 and P.Aberd. 69.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 177-208 from L. Paul Philip on 26 March 1891.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 190
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888–1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 406.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 253–255, no. 190.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Straßburg: K. J. Trübner 1913), p. 266.
E. G. Turner, Catalogue of Greek and Latin Papyri and Ostraca in the Possession of the University of Aberdeen (Aberdeen: The University Press 1939), p. 66.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 92–93.
N. Gonis, ‘Remarks on Private Letters II’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 142 (2003), p. 167.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden - Heidelberg: E. J. Brill 2017), p. 123.
Metadata provided by the 2018 Heidelberg Research Webinar on BL Greek Papyri, funded by the MWK Baden-Württemberg and taught by R. Ast and L. Berkes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
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BGU IV 1040 and P.Aberd. 69 are possibly in the same hand as P.Lond. II 190.