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Papyrus 426
- Record Id:
- 040-002104797
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000ce
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127807.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 426
- Title:
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Private Letter (SB XXIV 16269, P.Lond. II 426 descr., TM 33207)
- Scope & Content:
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A private letter concerning money transactions and tunics. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104797 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 426 : Private Letter (SB XXIV 16269, P.Lond. II 426 descr., TM 33207) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0295]/040-002104797
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, damaged by holes throughout, especially at the top and bottom. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back bearing one line. The upper and left margins measure 5 mm, and the lower 40 mm; no margin was left at the right. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127807.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 218 x 79; housed in a glass case measuring 275 x 130 mm.
Script: Thick detached hand, with a few ligatured sequences.
- Custodial History:
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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:
- SB XXIV 16269
- 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. 447.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xxxviii, no. 426 descr.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Three Private Letters’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 113 (1996), pp. 163-167 (pp. 166-167).
H. Harrauer, ‘Anmerkungen zu Papyri’, Aegyptus 86 (2006), pp. 139-142 (pp. 139-140).
J. Diethart, ‘χαρτάριον oder χαρτάριος? Zu ZPE 113 (1996) 166f.’, Tyche. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 12 (1997), pp. 253-254.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XXIV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2003), pp. 384-385, no. 16269.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)