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Papyrus 1767
- Record Id:
- 040-002105349
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000e6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466199.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1767
- Title:
- Letter Concerning a Sale (P.Lond. V 1792, ChLA III 211, TM 35255)
- Scope & Content:
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Written by the delegate Eulogius, this letter likely concerns the sale of a girl by a tenant-farmer. The addressee, whose name is only partially preserved, may be a Christian.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105349 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1767 : Letter Concerning a Sale (P.Lond. V 1792, ChLA III 211, TM 35255) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1163]/040-002105349
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus roll, mid-brown in colour, broken off on the left side; written on the recto: one column; 18 lines; verso blank. Preserved margins: upper (ca. 10 mm), right (0.5 cm) and lower (13 mm) margins; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466199.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 231 x 97 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 150 mm.
Script: Two hands (new Roman cursive). Hand 1 is slower in execution, and it is characterised by various ligatures and by a vertical axis, whereas hand 2 (that of Eulogius) is inclined.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Unknown.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1757-1786 from Ali Abd-el-Haj on 12 October 1907.
- Former External References:
- CEL I 237
CPL 269
ChLA III 211
P.Lond. V 1792 - Publications:
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Catalogue of the Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 312.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Vol. V (London: Trustees 1917), pp. 248-249, no. 1792.
Corpus Papyrorum Latinarum (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz 1956), pp. 375-376, no. 269.
Chartae Latinae Antiquiores. Facsimile-edition of the Latin Charters Prior to the Ninth Century (Olten-Lausanne: Urs Graf 1963), pp. 102-103, no. 211.
Corpus Epistularum Latinarum, papyris tabulis ostracis servatarum (Florence: Gonnelli 1992), p. 255, no. 237.
Metadata provided by the PLATINUM project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement nº 636983), University of Naples 'Federico II'.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)