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Papyrus 2548
- Record Id:
- 040-002105542
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001c8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124959.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2548
- Title:
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Letter on Supplies (P.Lond. VI 1922, SB Kopt. III 1313, TM 44661)
- Scope & Content:
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A fragmentary letter, possibly addressed to Paieous and the members of the Meletian community, concerning goods and supplies that have been sent or should be dispatched. A postscript is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105542 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2548 : Letter on Supplies (P.Lond. VI 1922, SB Kopt. III 1313, TM 44661) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1334]/040-002105542
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet with light-brown patches, imperfect on the right; writing is along the fibres on either side. Mounted in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124959.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Coptic
- Scripts:
- Coptic
- Start Date:
- 0330
- End Date:
- 0340
- Date Range:
- 330-340
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 230 x 177 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 285 x 230 mm.
Script: Rather large, irregular hand with few ligatured letters.
- 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 1922
SB Kopt. III 1313 - 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. 97-99, no. 1922.
H. Hauben, ‘Aurêlios Pageus, alias Apa Paiêous, et le monastère mélitien d'Hathor’, Ancient Society 32 (2002), pp. 337-352.
M. R. M. Hasitzka, Koptisches Sammelbuch III (Münich-Leipzig: K. G. Saur 2006), no. 1313.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)