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Papyrus 508
- Record Id:
- 040-002104890
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001f9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468805.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 508
- Title:
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Letter of Introduction (P.Petr. II 2(4), P.Petr. III 28(d), P.Lond. III 508a descr., TM 7409) and Miscellaneous Fragments
- Scope & Content:
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A: Fragmentary letter to Diophanes, mentioning his daughter, grandchildren and his son Dioscurides. The writer recommends the bearer of the letter, presumably Asclepiades, should he need anything.
B-E: Small fragments of various documents, unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104890 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 508 : Letter of Introduction (P.Petr. II 2(4), P.Petr. III 28(d), P.Lond. III 508a descr., TM 7409) and Miscellaneous Fragments - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1052]/040-002104890
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Five fragments of papyrus sheets from mummy cartonnage, written on one side, with plaster residue especially on the back; mounted in the same glass frame.
A: Lacking the left-hand half; with minor surface damage; 10 lines written across the fibres, lacking the beginnings; lower and right margins minimal; upper margin extant.
B: Small strip with 2 lines running across the fibres and traces of another line.
C: Upper left corner of a sheet, with the beginnings of 4 lines written across the fibres.
D: Fragment with beginnings of 6 lines written along the fibres.
E: With some surface damage; lines run along the fibres; the ink is faint.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468805.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0222
- End Date:
- -0221
- Date Range:
- 222-221 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 141 x 130 mm; B: 13 x 128 mm; C: 59 x 58 mm; D: 86 x 40 mm; E: 66 x 124 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 225 x 355 mm.
Script: A, C: Neat, upright, somewhat irregular in size, occasionally more cursive; B, D: Small-sized cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Gurob, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. A: Destination: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 486-603 by Henry Martyn Kennard (b. 1833, d. 1911) in May 1895. The papyri had been extracted from mummy cartonnages found in Gurob by William Matthew Flinders Petrie (b. 1853, d. 1942) in 1889-1890.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 508 descr.
P.Petr. II 2(4)
P.Petr. III 28(d) - 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. 504.
A
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 4, no. 2(4).
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 59, no. 28(d).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xi, no. 508 descr.
S. Witkowski, Epistulae privatae Graecae quae in papyris aetatis Lagidarum servantur (Lipsiae: Teubner 1911), no. 12.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 349.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 159.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 277.
A. Sarri, Material Aspects of Letter Writing in the Graeco-Roman World. c. 500 BC – c. AD 300 (Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter 2017), p. 219.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)