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Papyrus 2490
- Record Id:
- 040-002105525
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001aa
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470961.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2490
- Title:
- Summons (TM 942810)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragment of an order, presumably addressed to the chief of police (archephodus) of an Arsinoite village, to send up a certain Ammonilla and someone else, being accused by Pacysis. With large crosses at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105525 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2490 : Summons (TM 942810) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0528]/040-002105525
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Right-hand portion of a papyrus slip, written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the ends of 3 lines, with at least two-third lost to the left. Upper (19 mm), lower (16 mm) and right margins are extant. A sheet-join runs horizontally at 13 mm from the bottom. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470961.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 58 x 70 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 110 x 130 mm.
Script: Neat, upright hand, with ligatures in places and occasional serifs.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 2486-2542 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) in September 1922; part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan and Cornell University.
- 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. 367.
Federica Micucci, ‘Three Summonses from the British Library’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 217 (2021), 171-77 (pp. 172-73, no. 1.).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)