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Papyrus 697
- Record Id:
- 040-002105084
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00035b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469279.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 697
- Title:
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Private Letter (P.Grenf. II 38, P.Lond. III 697, TM 43916)
- Scope & Content:
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Letter from Pasion to his father Nicon, with a request to buy writing materials, such as papyrus rolls, pens, ink. Instructions for the payment and a purchase of barley follow. On the back there is the address and remains of accounts in a different hand.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105084 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 697 : Private Letter (P.Grenf. II 38, P.Lond. III 697, TM 43916) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0391]/040-002105084
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, almost complete, but damaged by insect holes throughout; some minor surface damage is also visible. Writing runs on both sides. The text on the front is one column of 22 lines written along the fibres; the margins are preserved. On the back there are … The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469279.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0080
- End Date:
- -0080
- Date Range:
- 2 April 80 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 244 x 95 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 295 x 150 mm.
Script: Recto: Thin, medium-sized cursive hand, with some letters slightly slanting to the right. Verso: Small cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 688-731 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in November 1896.
- Former External References:
- P.Grenf. II 38
P.Lond. III 697 descr. - 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. 536.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, New Classical Fragments and Other Greek and Latin Papyri (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1897), pp. 62-65, no. 38, with pl. IV.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. xxvi, no. 697 descr.
S. Witkowski, Epistulae privatae graecae quae in papyris aetatis Lagidarum servantur (Leipzig: Teubner, 1911), no. 66.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter ,1922), p. 187.
T. C. Skeat, The Reigns of the Ptolemies (München: C.H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1954), p. 39.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1992), p. 142.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill ,1995), p. 96.
C. Bennett, ‘The Chronology of Berenice III’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 139 (2002), pp. 143-148 = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2017), p. 104.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2002), p. 86.
A. Sarri, Material Aspects of Letter Writing in the Graeco-Roman World. c. 500 BC – c. AD 300 (Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter, 2017), p. 339.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)