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Papyrus 338
- Record Id:
- 040-002104711
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003a2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143126697.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 338
- Title:
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Notification of Death (P.Lond. II 338, TM 11718)
- Scope & Content:
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Notification addressed to Pasion, village scribe (komogrammateus) of Soknopaiou Nesos, from the priest Tesenouphis, who reports the death of his relative Harpagathes, another priest of minor age. With Pasion’s docket and date at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104711 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 338 : Notification of Death (P.Lond. II 338, TM 11718) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0230]/040-002104711
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, darker in the lower half, complete, with minor damage along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text is complete and consists of one column of 26 lines. All margins are extant, with the right being minimal and the blank space at the bottom measuring c. 80 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143126697.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0170
- End Date:
- 0170
- Date Range:
- 11 November 170
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 265 x 80 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 315 x 130 mm.
Script: Thin, sloping cursive hand of good size; lines incline upwards; second hand, thinner and more cursive, in the subscription from line 23.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 272-400 from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) on 11 April 1893.
- Former External References:
- C.Pap.Gr. II 52
P.Lond. II 338 - 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. 434-435.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 68, no. 338, with pl. 71.
Corpus Papyrorum Graecarum II. Il Controllo della popolazione nell'Egitto Romano, Pt. 1, Le Denunce di morte (Azzate: Tipolitografia Tibiletti 1985), no. 52, with pl. XLVIII.
F. M. Simón, F. P. Polo, J. Remesal Rodríguez, "Formae mortis": el tránsito de la vida a la muerte en las sociedades antiguas (Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona 2009), p. 235.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 101.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)