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Papyrus 459
- Record Id:
- 040-002104830
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00017f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468698.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 459
- Title:
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Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians (P.Lond.Lit. 217, P.Lond. II 459a, TM 61889, LDAB 3046, Gregory-Aland 0198), and Fragment of a Petition (?) (P.Lond. II 459b, TM 28052)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper fragment (A) (P.Lond.Lit. 217, P.Lond. II 459a, TM 61889, LDAB 3046): Fragment of a parchment codex containing Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians 3:15-16, 20-21. Assigned to the 6th century.
Lower fragment (B) (P.Lond. II 459b, TM 28052): Beginning of a document, presumably a petition, from Claudius Martialis and Serenus, public hunters, through their assistant Lucius Anoubion, to the elders of a village, perhaps Soknopaiou Nesos. End of the 2nd century (?).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104830 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 459 : Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians (P.Lond.Lit. 217, P.Lond. II 459a, TM 61889, LDAB 3046, Gregory-Aland 0198), and Fragment of… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0328]/040-002104830
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
Upper fragment (A): Fragment from the bottom of a leaf of a parchment codex; portions of 7 lines from the foot of a column survive on each side. The lines on the front lack the ends, those on the back lack the beginninhs. The lower margin measures 50 mm.
Lower fragment (B): Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank; with abrasion in places; 5 lines, with traces of a sixth line at the bottom.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468698.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 2nd century-6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment; Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 112 x 75 mm; B: 47 x 146 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 230 x 175 mm.
Script: A: Majuscule; nomina sacra contracted; B: Rough, thin, sloping hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Egypt. B: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt (?).
Provenance: A: Egypt. B: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, 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 460-464 from the Oriental Department of the British Museum in June 1894.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 459a descr.
P.Lond. II 459b
P.Lond.Lit. 217 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1894-1899 (London: British Museum 1901), p. 495.
A
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xl, no. 459a descr.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 184, no. 217.
J. van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne 1976), no. 525.
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 163, no. 459b.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 256.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 111.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)