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Papyrus 356
- Record Id:
- 040-002104729
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000026
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127013.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 356
- Title:
- Private Letter Concerning a Delivery of Medical Products (P.Lond. II 356, TM 25625)
- Scope & Content:
-
A private letter concerning a medical prescription and its delivery to Alexandria, warning the recipient not to send any foul products. With address on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104729 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 356 : Private Letter Concerning a Delivery of Medical Products (P.Lond. II 356, TM 25625) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0248]/040-002104729
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
A light-brown papyrus sheet, fully preserved, with writing on both sides along the fibres, the back only having one line; housed in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127013.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0000
- End Date:
- 0099
- Date Range:
- 1st century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 193 mm x 104 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 245 x 150 mm.
Script: Clear, careful and large uncial hand with cursive elements. Harrauer suggests a later date (2nd century) based on the script.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Alexandria, Egypt.
Provenance: 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:
- P.Lond. II 356
- 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. 438.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1907), p. 256, no. 356.
B. Olsson, Papyrusbriefe aus der frühesten Römerzeit (Uppsala: Almqist & Wiksell 1925), pp. 198-199.
J. G. Winter, Life and Letters in the Papyri (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1933), pp. 94-95.
W. Döllstädt, Griechische Papyrusprivatbriefe in gebildeter Sprache aus den ersten vier Jahrhunderten nach Christus (Borna-Leipzig 1934), pp. 6-12.
H. Harrauer, Handbuch der griechischen Päläographie – Textband, (Stuttgart: Hiersemann 2010) pp. 287-288, no. 102.
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)