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Papyrus 713
- Record Id:
- 040-002105100
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003ab
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147462796.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 713
- Title:
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Letter about a Body (P.Nekr. 28, P.Grenf. II 73, Chrest.Wilck. 127, P.Lond. III 713 descr., TM 31940)
- Scope & Content:
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A letter from Psenosiris, a presbyter in the Panopolite village of Toeto, to Apollon, a presbyter in the Great Oasis, reporting the arrival of the body of a woman, transported by and entrusted to some funerary workers (nekrotaphoi) until the arrival of her son. The docket is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105100 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 713 : Letter about a Body (P.Nekr. 28, P.Grenf. II 73, Chrest.Wilck. 127, P.Lond. III 713 descr., TM 31940) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0407]/040-002105100
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Complete papyrus sheet, darker by patches; the surface is somewhat abraded in places. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back having a two-line docket. The left margin measures 5 mm, the upper 15 mm and the lower 60 mm; no margin was left at the right. Housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147462796.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0275
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- Late 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 217 x 81 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 260 x 135 mm.
Script: Experienced hand, with semi-detached letters and a slight slant to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Toeto, Panopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Kysis (Dush), Western Desert, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 688-731 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) on 14 November 1896.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Wilck. 127
P.Grenf. II 73
P.Lond. III 713 descr.
P.Nekr. 28 - 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. 539.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, New Classical Fragments and Other Greek and Latin Papyri (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1897), pp. 115-116, no. 73.
A. Deissmann, Ein Original-Dokument aus der Diocletianischen Christenverfolgung: Papyrus 713 des British Museum (Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr 1902).
C. Wessely, ‘Les plus anciens monuments du christianisme écrits sur papyrus’, Patrologia Orientalis 4 (1906), pp. 125-135.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxviii, no. 713 descr.
G. Milligan, Selections from the Greek Papyri (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1910, repr. 1912, 1927), pp. 117-118, no. 49.
W. Schubart, Ein Jahrtausend am Nil. Briefe aus dem Altertum (Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchandlung 1912), p. 88, and Ein Jahrtausend am Nil; Briefe aus dem Altertum (Berlin: Weidmann 1923), p. 90.
U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. I.II (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 154-155, no. 127.
A. Deissmann, Licht vom Osten: das Neue Testament und die neuentdeckten Texte der hellenistisch-römischen Welt (Tübingen: Mohr 19234), pp. 179-183, no. 22.
G. Ghedini, Lettere cristiane dai papiri greci del III e IV secolo (Milano: Vita e Pensiero 1923), pp. 113-122, no. 11.
W. Crönert, 'De critici arte in papyris exercendi', in Raccolta di scritti in onore di Giacomo Lumbroso, 1844-1925 (Milano: Aegyptus 1925), pp. 439-534 (pp. 514-528).
J. G. Winter, Life and Letters in the Papyri (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1933), pp. 147-148.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 72.
R. Rémondon, ‘Papyrologie grecque’, Annuaires de l'École pratique des hautes études. Année 1959 (1959), pp. 56-58 (p. 57).
H. Metzger, Nachrichten aus dem Wüstensand: eine Sammlung von Papyruszeugnissen (Zürich: Artemis 1974), no. 74.
J. Hengstl, Griechische Papyri aus Ägypten als Zeugnisse des öffentlichen und privaten Lebens (München: Heimeran Verlag 1978), no. 63.
G. Wagner, Les oasis d'Égypte à l'époque grecque, romaine et byzantine d'après les documents grecs (recherches de papyrologie et d'épigraphie grecques) (Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire 1987), p. 356.
P. Guyot, R. Klein, Das frühe Christentum bis zum Ende der Verfolgungen: Eine Dokumentation. Band 1: Die Christen im heidnischen Staat (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 1994), p. 183.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 97.
A. Martin, Athanase d’Alexandrie et l'église d'Égypte au IVe siècle (328-373) (Roma: École française de Rome 1996), p. 26, n. 45.
S. R. Llewelyn, A. M. Nobbs, ‘P. Grenf. II 73: A Reconsideration’, in B. Kramer, W. Luppe, H. Maehler (eds.), Akten des 21. Internationalen Papyrologenkongresses, Berlin, 13.-19.8. 1995 (Stuttgart-Leipzig: B. G. Teubner 1997), pp. 613-630.
M. Naldini, Il cristianesimo in Egitto. Lettere private nei papiri dei secoli II-IV (Firenze: Nardini 19982), pp. 131-132, no. 21.
A. Łukaszewicz, ‘Une momie en exil’, The Journal of Juristic Papyrology 28 (1998), pp. 85-94.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 80.
E. Wipszycka, ‘Les papyrus documentaires concernant l'Église d'avant le tournant constantinien’, in I. Andorlini, G. Bastianini, M. Manfredi, G. Menci (eds.), Atti del XXII Congresso Internazionale di Papirologia. Firenze, 23-29 agosto 1998 (Firenze: Istituto papirologico G. Vitelli 2001), pp. 1307-1330 (pp. 1318-1321).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 87.
R. Burnet, L' Égypte ancienne à travers les papyrus: vie quotidienne (Paris: Pygmalion 2003), pp. 84-85, no. 31.
S. Torallas Tovar, ‘Egyptian Burial Practice in a Period of Transition: on embalming in Christian times’, in P. Mantas, Ch. Burnett (eds.), Mapping Knowledge. Cross-Pollination in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Córdoba: Oriens Academic, CNERU; London: The Warburg Institute 2014), pp. 129-140 (p. 136).
R. S. Bagnall, The Undertakers of the Great Oasis (P.Nekr.) (London: Egypt Exploration Society 2017), pp. 85-90, no. 28.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)