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Papyrus 1244
- Record Id:
- 040-002104585
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000382
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464734.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1244
- Title:
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Private Letter (P.Lond. III 1244, TM 33790)
- Scope & Content:
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Beginning of a private letter of Hermapollon to Copreas, expressing his affection. With address on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104585 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1244 : Private Letter (P.Lond. III 1244, TM 33790) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0123]/040-002104585
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom (front), and damaged by insect holes in the preserved portion; writing runs along the fibres on both sides. The front bears the top of a column, with parts of 15 lines; upper, left and right margins survive. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at c. 10 mm from the right edge. On the back there is one line lacking the end. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464734.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 122 x 210 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 175 x 265 mm.
Script: Thin, small, upright cursive hand, neat amd regular.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- Naldini 58
P.Lond. III 1244 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 444.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 244, no. 1244, with pl. 79.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 293.
G. Ghedini, Lettere cristiane dai papiri greci del III e IV secolo (Milano: Vita e Pensiero 1923), p. 216, no. 31.
J. G. Winter, Life and Letters in the Papyri (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1933), p. 156.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 84.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 64.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 90.
Ph. Bruggisser, ‘L'appellation δεσπότης μου τῆς ψυχῆς dans la lettre P. Strasb. III 286’, Museum Helveticum 46 (1989), pp. 231-236 (pp. 232, 234).
M. Naldini, Il cristianesimo in Egitto. Lettere private nei papiri dei secoli II-IV (Firenze: Nardini 1998; 2nd ed.), pp. 446-447, no. 58.
L. H. Blumell, Lettered Christians: Christians, letters, and late antique Oxyrhynchus (Leiden: Brill 2012), p. 58, n. 156.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)