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Papyrus 212
- Record Id:
- 040-002104593
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00038a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123856.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 212
- Title:
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Fragments of a Document (P.Lond. II 212 ro., TM 19971), and Homily (P.Lond.Lit. 228, TM 64088, LDAB 5306)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (TM 19971): Portions of a document, quite defaced, of which dates remain. Dated in 237. At the end, additional text was written in the reverse direction.
Verso (TM 64088, LDAB 5306): Presumably a homily on the treatment of slaves, quoting in column 4 Genesis 14:17. With cursive writing in the right margin of column 1 and an account at the end of column 4.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104593 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 212 : Fragments of a Document (P.Lond. II 212 ro., TM 19971), and Homily (P.Lond.Lit. 228, TM 64088, LDAB 5306) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0131]/040-002104593
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two fragments of dark-brown papyrus of varying size, rubbed in places and with insect holes; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears remains of lines mutilated on all sides; at the bottom, few lines were written in the reverse direction. The back bears remains of four columns, mutilated throughout; 32 lines remain of column 1, 7 of column 2, 14 of column 3, and 11 of column 4; additional writing is found at the end of the fourth column and in the upper right margin of column 1. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragment 1: 135 x 112; Fragment 2: 235 x 100 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 280 x 280 mm.
Script: Recto: Small, rapid cursive hand; thicker cursive hand with a slight slant to the right at the bottom; Verso: Thick semi-cursive hand; small cursive hand for annotations in the margin of column 1; rough cursive hand at the end of column 2.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Presented by Colonel John Evans (b. 1823, d. 1908) as part of a lot comprising Papyri 211-215 on 17 November 1891.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 212 ro.
P.Lond. II 212 vo. descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 228 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), pp. 410-411.
Recto
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 266, no. 212 ro.
Verso
C. Haeberlin, ‘Griechische Papyri’, Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen 14 (1897), pp. 1-13.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xx, no. 212 vo descr.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 191-193, no. 228.
J. van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne 1976), no. 1145 descr.
K. Aland, Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1: Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen (Berlin-New York: W. De Gruyter 1976), p. 78, AT 7 and passim.
A. Rahlfs, D. Fraenkel, Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht 2004), p. 215.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)