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Papyrus 2553
- Record Id:
- 040-002105549
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001ce
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100120697168.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2553
- Title:
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Letter of Recommendation from Proclus to Asclepiades (TM 10546)
- Scope & Content:
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Left portion of a letter, the right portion of which is P.Col. VIII 211, in which Proclus recommends to Asclepiades, dioiketes, the bearer of the letter, Isidorus, a cultivator from Psophtis in the Memphite nome. Isidorus had a dispute with Tryphon, strategus of the Arsinoite nome, concerning a sworn declaration on the cultivation of some land on the estate of the empress Livia near Philadelphia, and Proclus is asking that the man be assisted.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105549 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2553 : Letter of Recommendation from Proclus to Asclepiades (TM 10546) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0535]/040-002105549
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Left-hand portion of a papyrus sheet, the right-hand part of which is at the Columbia University, published as P.Col. VIII 211. Writing is on one side along the fibres; top, left and bottom margin of the BL fragment extant. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100120697168.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0006
- End Date:
- 0006
- Date Range:
- 16 February 6
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 200 x 95 mm, mounted in a glass case measuring 250 x 145 mm.
Script: Upright hand, with a tendency for descending uprights to have serifs; the postscript in the last two lines was written by a second hand, smaller, more cursive and sloping to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased by Dr. David L. Askren (b. 1875, d. 1939) in the Fayum in June 1923; presented with Papyrus 2552 by Francis Willey Kelsey (b. 1858, d. 1927) on behalf of the University of Michigan on 10 November 1923.
- 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.
E. M. Thomspon, New Palaeographical Society, Indices to facsimiles of ancient manuscripts, second series, parts viii–ix (London: Oxford University Press 1924), no. 136.
Columbia Papyri VIII (Am.Stud.Pap. XXVIII) (Atlanta: Oxbow 1990), pp. 83-86, no. 211.
A. E. Hanson, ‘Isidoros of Psophthis, Augustan Cultivator: An Update’, in B. Kramer, W. Luppe, H. Maehler, G. Poethke (eds.), Akten des 21. Internationalen Papyrologenkongresses, Berlin, 13.—19. 8. 1995 (Stuttgart –Leipzig: B. G. Teubner 1997), pp. 413-429.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 42.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 64.
J. Hengstl, ‘Das Archiv des Isidoros aus Psophthis aus rechtshistorischer Sicht’, in B. Palme (ed.), Akten des 23. Internationalen Papyrologenkongresses, Wien, 22.—28. Juli 2001 (Wien : Verl. der Österr. Akad. der Wiss., 2007), pp. 273–278.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 53.
A. E. Hanson, ‘A New Letter from the Archive of Isidorus from Psophthis, Memphite Nome’, in P. Schubert (ed.), Actes du 26e Congrès international de papyrology, Genève 16-21 août 2010 (Genève: Droz 2012), pp. 323–329.
A. Sarri, ‘A Letter of Proklos to Asklepiades: P.Lond. inv. 2553 + P.Col. VIII 211’, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 54 (2014), pp. 37–44.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)