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Papyrus 988
- Record Id:
- 040-002105226
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00007b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464006.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 988
- Title:
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Private Letter (P.Lond. III 988, TM 31973)
- Scope & Content:
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Lucia writes to her brother Casullas, reproaching him and requesting the dispatch of some documents at once. With address on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105226 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 988 : Private Letter (P.Lond. III 988, TM 31973) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0954]/040-002105226
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, with some holes and surface damage; written on both sides across the fibres, the back having a two-line docket. The front bears 14 lines, complete. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464006.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 147 x 117 mm; framed in a glass case measuring 195 x 165 mm.
Script: Overall rapid and uneven cursive hand, with some enlarged letters at the beginning of the lines and a slight slant to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 988
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 228-229, no. 985, with pl. 78.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 293.
P. J. Parsons, ‘New Readings’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 6 (1969), p. 44 = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 63.
R. S. Bagnall, R. Cribiore, Women's letters from ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 2006), B3.11, no. 194.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)