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Papyrus 453
- Record Id:
- 040-002104824
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000159
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128135.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 453
- Title:
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Private Letter (P.Lond. II 453, TM 33209)
- Scope & Content:
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A letter of Markiane to her son Sabinos on private affairs. With postscript in the left margin and address on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104824 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 453 : Private Letter (P.Lond. II 453, TM 33209) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0322]/040-002104824
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Light-brown papyus sheet, fully preserved, although somewhat defaced in places, especially at the top and bottom. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back bearing one line; on the front, one line was written perpendicularly to the main text from top to bottom of the left margin. All margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128135.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 201 x 99 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 255 x 155 mm.
Script: Sloping cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 450-464 and Coptic papyri from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) in March 1893 and transferred with Papyri 450-458 from the Oriental Department of the British Museum in November 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 453
- 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. 450.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 319-320, no. 453.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 269.
N. Gonis, 'Remarks on Private Letters III', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 201 (2017), pp. 208–214 (pp. 209-211, with pl.).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)