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Papyrus 2038
- Record Id:
- 040-002105405
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000117
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123568.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2038
- Title:
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Fragment of an Official Document (SB IV 7380, TM 36233)
- Scope & Content:
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A fragment of a document issued by Flavius(?) Aineias, praeses of the Lower Thebaid.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105405 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2038 : Fragment of an Official Document (SB IV 7380, TM 36233) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0513]/040-002105405
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus fragment, broken on all sides. Writing runs on the front along the fibres, the back having one trace. A few letters of 5 lines are preserved on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123568.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0316
- End Date:
- 0316
- Date Range:
- c. 316
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 110 x 75 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 155 x 130 mm.
Script: Chancery hand. Letters are narrow and elongated; omega is smaller and written high in the line.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Thebais, Upper Egypt.
Provenance: Thebais, Upper Egypt. Presented by A. G. W. Murray on 13 March 1914.
- Former External References:
- SB IV 7380
- Publications:
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Catalogue of the Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915. Part I. Descriptions (London: British Museum 1969), p. 476.
H. I. Bell, ‘Notes from Papyri in the British Museum’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 6 (1920), pp. 100-113 (pp. 109-110).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten IV (Straßburg: Trübner 1931), p. 50, no. 7380.
G. Cavallo, ‘La scrittura del P. Berol. 11532: contributo allo studio dello stile di cancelleria nei papiri greci di età romana’, Aegyptus 45 (1965), pp. 216-249 (p. 219, with pl. XV).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 201.
K. A. Worp, ‘Short Texts from the Main Temple’, in C. A. Hope, G. E. Boven, Dakhleh Oasis Project: Preliminary Reports on the 1994-1995 to 1998- 1999 Field Season (Oxford: Oxbow Books 2002), pp. 333-349 (p. 347).
G. Cavallo, Il calamo e il papiro. La scrittura greca dall'età ellenistica ai primi secoli di Bisanzio (Papyrologica Florentina XXXVI) (Firenze: Gonnelli 2005), pp. 19, 28-29, 38, with pl. IX b.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)