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Papyrus 2466
- Record Id:
- 040-002105499
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00017a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124553.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2466
- Title:
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Letter from Alexandria (?) (P.Oxy. XII 1589, TM 33659), and Order for Payment of Barley (P.Oxy. XII 1575, TM 21938)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Oxy. XII 1589, TM 33659): A fragmentary letter in which the sender mentions his coming to Egypt, and gives instructions as to the dispatch of some wine.
Verso (P.Oxy. XII 1575, TM 21938): An order from Sarapion to his sister Sarapias to give their brother Dionysius 1 artaba of barley. Dated to 26 May 338.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105499 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2466 : Letter from Alexandria (?) (P.Oxy. XII 1589, TM 33659), and Order for Payment of Barley (P.Oxy. XII 1575, TM 21938) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0684]/040-002105499
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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A small papyrus sheet, bearing writing on either side. The recto is written across the fibres and contains portions of two short columns; of the first only the ends of the lines survive. The intercolumn measures 15 mm. The verso is written along the fibres and has 4 complete lines. The papyrus is mounted in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124553.0x000001 (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: 59 x 14 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 110 x 190 mm.
Script: Recto: Upright and thick semi-cursive hand; Verso: Sloping cursive; second hand for the signature at the end of line 3.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Recto: Alexandria?, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2435-2485 by the Egypt Exploration Society on 18 July 1922.
- Former External References:
- P.Oxy. XII 1575
P.Oxy. XII 1589 - 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.
Recto
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XII (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1916), p. 284, no. 1589.
A. Papathomas, ‘Textkritische Bemerkungen zu einem griechischen Geschäftsbrief’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 136 (2001), pp. 177-178 (p. 177).
Verso:
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XII (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1916), p. 280, no. 1575.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 140.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)