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Papyrus 2441
- Record Id:
- 040-002105473
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000161
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124288.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2441
- Title:
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Private Letter of Sarmates (P.Oxy. X 1297, TM 33636)
- Scope & Content:
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A letter from Sarmates to his father Dioscorus concerning the dispatch of some goods such as oil for burning and eating and wine for a feast. Sarmates also asks the recipient to bring some milk-cakes if he comes there. With docket on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105473 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2441 : Private Letter of Sarmates (P.Oxy. X 1297, TM 33636) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0715]/040-002105473
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, fully preserved, with writing on either side along the fibres. The back bears a two-line docket. On the front the upper margin measures approximately 10 mm, the lower 32 mm and the side margins are minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124288.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- 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: 240 x 93 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 290 x 140 mm.
Script: Somewhat rough and irregular hand, with upright letters and ligatured sequences.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 2435-2485 by the Egypt Exploration Society on 18 July 1922.
- Former External References:
- P.Oxy. X 1297
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 365.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri X (London: Egypt Exploration Society 1914), pp. 251-252, no. 1297.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 335.
K. Kalbfleisch, ‘Seltene Wörter’, Aegyptus 27 (1997), pp. 44-52 (pp. 51-52).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 135.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 149.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXXIX (London: Egypt Exploration Society 2014), p. 33.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)