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Papyrus 2545
- Record Id:
- 040-002105539
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001c5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124927.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2545
- Title:
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Letter to Paieous Concerning a Debtor (P.Lond. VI 1916, TM 16854)
- Scope & Content:
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A letter to the priest Paieous and the Meletian community from Herieous and Moses, concerning the vicissitudes of Pamontheis, a fellow member and a wine-seller who had to borrow a large sum of money which he was unable to pay back. As a result, he had his children carried off by the creditors. Herieous and Moses did their best to help him, and are now asking for further help in collecting money. On the back there is a postscript from Herieous to Paieous. Another letter on the same subject is Papyrus 2544 (P.Lond. VI 1915).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105539 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2545 : Letter to Paieous Concerning a Debtor (P.Lond. VI 1916, TM 16854) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1331]/040-002105539
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Light-brown papyrus sheet, discoloured in places; damaged throughout and lacking the top right half; writing is across the fibres on either side. On the front there are two lines written along the fibres from top to bottom in the left margin. Mounted in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124927.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0330
- End Date:
- 0340
- Date Range:
- 330-340
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 230 x 196 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 285 x 235 mm.
Script: Medium-sized, clear, sloping cursive hand. Same hand as Papyrus 2544 (P.Lond. VI 1915).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Phathor, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2543-2551 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) in September 1923. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan, Columbia University and the University of Oslo.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VI 1916
- 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. 72, 76-80, no. 1916.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 100.
G. Tibiletti, Le lettere private nei papiri greci del III e IV secolo d.C.: tra paganesimo e cristianesimo (Milano: Vita e Pensiero 1979), pp. 174-176, no. 23.
S. Elm, Virgins of God: The Making of Asceticism in Late Antiquity (Oxford-New York: Clarendon Press 1996), pp. 345-346.
B. Kramer, ‘Neuere Papyri zum frühen Mönchtum in Ägypten’, in G. W. Most, H. Petersmann, A. M. Ritter (eds.), Philanthropia kai eusebeia. Festschrift für Albrecht Dihle zum 70. Geburtstag (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1993), pp. 217-232.
G. E. Goehring, Ascetics, society, and the desert : studies in early Egyptian monasticism (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International 1999), p. 202.
H. Hauben, ‘Aurêlios Pageus, alias Apa Paiêous, et le monastère mélitien d'Hathor’, Ancient Society 32 (2002), pp. 337-352.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 110.
E. A. Judge, Jerusalem and Athens: Cultural Transformation in Late Antiquity (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2010), pp. 171-172.
M. Choat, M. Giorda, Writing and Communication in Early Egyptian Monasticism (Leiden-Boston: E. J. Brill 2017), pp. 25-29.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)