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Papyrus 197
- Record Id:
- 040-002104578
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00037b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123451.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 197
- Title:
- Report on Grain Delivered (P.Lond. II 197 recto, TM 31211), and Private Letter (P.Lond. II 197 verso, TM 31212)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Lond. II 197 recto, TM 31211): Aurelius Diodorus, a councillor, writes to the harbour guards (hormophylakes) as regards the amounts of corn delivered. At the top and left, traces of additional text remain.
Verso (P.Lond. II 197 verso, TM 31212): Private letter on business matters concerning timber.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104578 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 197 : Report on Grain Delivered (P.Lond. II 197 recto, TM 31211), and Private Letter (P.Lond. II 197 verso, TM 31212) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0116]/040-002104578
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, damaged by holes, bearing writing on both sides. The text on the front consists of one column written along the fibres; traces of another column preceding this are visible; further text is at the top of the column. The back bears one column written across the fibres; specks of ink are visible at the bottom. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123451.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 215 x 85 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 270 x 125 mm.
Script: Recto: Large, sloping cursive hand. Verso: Good-sized detached hand, with a slant to the right.
- 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 197 recto
P.Lond. II 197 verso - 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. 407.
Recto
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 100-101, no. 197 recto.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), pp. 250-251.
D. Hagedorn, ‘Mehr verkannte Numeralsubstantive bei Tagesdaten’, Korr. Tyche, Tyche. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 30 (2015), p. 236, no. 814.
Verso
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xviii, no. 197 verso descr.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, ‘Corrections to Kenyon's Catalogue of Brit. Mus. Papyri (II.)’, The Classical Review 12 (1898), pp. 434-436 (p. 435).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 251.
J. M. Ogereau, Paul's Koinonia with the Philippians: a Socio-Historical Investigation of a Pauline Economic Partnership (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014), pp. 185, 395.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)