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Papyrus 2497
- Record Id:
- 040-002105533
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001b1
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124853.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2497
- Title:
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Private Letter from Athanasius to Papnuthius (P.Lond. VI 1929, TM 32662)
- Scope & Content:
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A letter to Papnuthius from Athanasius (of Alexandria?), who is concerned about the sickness of a certain Didyma and the poor health of his mother, which cause him distress in addition to his already weak health. As a result, he asks for Papnuthius’ prayers. He also rejoices that a certain Horus was sent to him by Papnuthius. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105533 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2497 : Private Letter from Athanasius to Papnuthius (P.Lond. VI 1929, TM 32662) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1328]/040-002105533
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragments of a papyrus sheet, with wormholes throughout; much of the central portion of the text is lost. Writing is along the fibres on both sides, the back bearing the address in two lines. Housed in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124853.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0330
- End Date:
- 0370
- Date Range:
- Mid 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 280 x 318 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 320 x 365 mm.
Script: Rather large and neat sloping hand by a practised scribe.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: 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.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VI 1929
- 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.
H. I. Bell, Jews and Christians in Egypt. The Jewish Troubles in Alexandria and the Athanasian Controversy (London: British Museum 1924), pp. 115-120, no. 1929.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 88.
G. Tibiletti, Le lettere private nei papiri greci del III e IV secolo d.C.: tra paganesimo e cristianesimo (Milano: Vita e Pensiero 1979), p. 64.
R. F. Boughner, J. E. Gohering, ‘Egyptian Monasticism (Selected Papyri)’, in W. L. Wimbush (ed.), Ascetic behavior in Greco-Roman antiquity: a sourcebook (Minneapolis: Fortress Press 1990), pp. 458-463.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 195.
R. J. S. Barrett-Lennard, Christian healing after the New Testament: some approaches to illness in the second, third, and fourth centuries (Lanham: University Press of America 1994), pp. 48, 66-67, 69, 85.
P. van Minnen, ‘The Roots of Egyptian Christianity’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 40 (1994), pp. 71-85 (pp. 79-80).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 110.
H. Cuvigny, Ostraca de Krokodilô: La correspondance militaire et sa circulation (O.Krok. 1-151) (Le Caire: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale 2005), no. 93, n. 3.
E. Wipszycka, Moines et communautés monastiques en Egypte (IVe-VIIIe siècles), Journal of Juristic Papyrology, Supplements 11 (Varsovie: Warsaw University Faculty of Law and Administration Chair of Roman and Antique Law 2009), p. 82.
M. Choat, M. Giorda, Writing and Communication in Early Egyptian Monasticism (Leiden-Boston: E. J. Brill 2017), pp. 29-33, 52.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)