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Papyrus 1608
- Record Id:
- 040-002105584
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00022c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465771.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1608
- Title:
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Private Letter (P.Lond. V 1659, TM 33190)
- Scope & Content:
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Letter concerning items of clothing, such as mantles and tunics. The names of the correspondents are lost; with closing greetings in the left margin.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105584 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1608 : Private Letter (P.Lond. V 1659, TM 33190) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1359]/040-002105584
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Fragmentray papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, with holes and surface damage in places; written on one side, with the back blank. The front bears 15 lines, the first of which is very mutilated, written along the fibres; an additional line was written across the fibres in the left margin. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465771.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 128 x 143 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 190 mm.
Script: Neat, thin cursive hand, with a gentle slant to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1659
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 19-20, no. 1659.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)