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Papyrus 1541
- Record Id:
- 040-002105320
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000c9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123009.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1541
- Title:
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Private Letter (P.Oxy. IV 742, TM 20440)
- Scope & Content:
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A letter to Faustus from Antas, with instructions concerning reeds: the recipient should inform Antas about the number of bundles he has received, keep them safe and deliver some of them to a friend. The docket is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105320 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1541 : Private Letter (P.Oxy. IV 742, TM 20440) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0757]/040-002105320
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, dark brown by patches, written on both sides along the fibres, the back having a one-line docket. The sheet is damaged by holes throughout, especially in the left portion of the recto. Vertical folds and a sheet-join running across the fibres at 1-7 mm from the right edge of the recto are visible. Left, upper and lower margins are extant, and no margin was left to the right. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. IV; a modern annotation was added on the back too. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123009.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0002
- End Date:
- -0002
- Date Range:
- 26 May 2 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 265 x 137 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 320 x 185 mm.
Script: Upright hand, displaying some cursive sequences of letters; rather large, although letters at the end of the line tend to be more compressed; in line 13 a letter was written above the line as no space was left.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1523-1544 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in November 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Oxy. IV 742
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912),.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri IV (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1904), p. 241, no. 742.
S. Witkowski, Epistulae privatae Graecae quae in papyris aetatis Lagidarum servantur (Lipsiae: Teubner 1911), no. 70.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 328.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1969), p. 77.
J. L. White, Light from Ancient Letters (Philadelphia: Fortress Press 1986), no. 70.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 237.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)