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Papyrus 772
- Record Id:
- 040-002105161
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000006
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463196.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 772
- Title:
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Private Letter (SB XXII 15357, P.Lond. III 772 descr., P.Oxy. I 179, P.Oxy.Descr. 9 TM 31355)
- Scope & Content:
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A short letter, with no address nor name of the sender, with a note concering a matter previously discussed where a certain Publius is involved: the addressee may settle it as he thinks fit.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105161 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 772 : Private Letter (SB XXII 15357, P.Lond. III 772 descr., P.Oxy. I 179, P.Oxy.Descr. 9 TM 31355) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0787]/040-002105161
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, well cut and well preserved, written across the fibres; margins have been left on all sides. Number 179 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. I. Mounted on cardboard and housed in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463196.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0230
- Date Range:
- early 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 100 x 80 mm; housed in one glass case measuring 150 x 135 mm.
Script: Medium-sized rounded capitals fluently and elegantly written, of literary appearance.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 739-834 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in October 1900. Of these, papyri 739-814 form part of the discoveries made by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt on the site of the ancient Oxyrhynchus.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 772 descr.
P.Oxy. I 179
P.Oxy.Descr. 9
SB XXII 15357 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 438-439.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. I (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1898), p. 241, no. 179.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. XXXIII, no. 772 descr.
D. Montserrat, G. Fantoni, P. Robinson, ‘Varia Descripta Oxyrhynchita’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 31 (1994), pp. 11-80 (pp. 42-43, no. 9).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XXII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2001), p. 124, no. 15357.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)