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Papyrus 425

Record Id:

040-002104796

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002104451

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000cd

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100143127792.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Papyrus 425

Title:

Acts of a Martyr? (SB XXII 15624, P.Lond. II 425 descr., TM 33206, LDAB 33206)

Scope & Content:

A fragmentary text of unclear nature, perhaps the acts of a martyr. The text mentions fire and burning and a certain Heraclammon and Horion.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002104451
040-002104796

Is part of:

Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri

Papyrus 425 : Acts of a Martyr? (SB XXII 15624, P.Lond. II 425 descr., TM 33206, LDAB 33206)

Hierarchy:

032-002104451[0294]/040-002104796

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus, lacking its left-hand portion, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The upper margin measures 10 mm, the lower 2 mm and the right is minimal. A sheet-join running across the fibres is visible at the right edge. One fragmentary column is preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

0300

End Date:

0399

Date Range:

4th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Papyrus.

Dimensions: 107 x 100 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 160 x 150 mm.

Script: Large and irregular semi-cursive hand.

Custodial History:

Origin: Egypt.

Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 401-447 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 15 May 1893.

Former External References:

P.Lond. II 425 descr.
SB XXII 15624

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 447.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xxxviii, no. 425 descr.

P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Two London Papyri’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 95 (1993), pp. 127-130 (pp. 129-130).

W. Clarysse, ‘The Coptic Martyr Cult’, in M. Lamberigts, P. van Deun, Martyrium in multidisciplinary perspective: memorial Louis Reekmans (Leuven: University Press-Uitgeverij Peeters 1995), pp. 377-395 (p. 393).

Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XXII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2001), pp. 299-300, no. 15624.

A. Mugridge, Copying Early Christian Texts: A study of scribal practice (Tübingen Mohr Siebeck 2016), p. 329, no. 258.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)