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Papyrus 2724
- Record Id:
- 040-002105657
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0002b1
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468308.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2724
- Title:
- Letter from the Archive of Paieous (SB Kopt. III 1310, TM 44662)
- Scope & Content:
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Letter of Timotheus to Apa Paieous, head of the Meletian community, explaining that his lie was not due to intended deception, but to timidity; the address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105657 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2724 : Letter from the Archive of Paieous (SB Kopt. III 1310, TM 44662) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1263]/040-002105657
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Light-to-medium-brown papyrus sheet with detached scraps, lacking most of the bottom and damaged by holes throughout; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 23 lines written along the fibres, some of which are badly mutilated; 2 lines were written across the fibres along the left edge. On the back, there are 2 lines written along the fibres at the top. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468308.0x000001 (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: 220 x 275 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 255 x 330 mm.
Script: Thin, slightly sloping hand, with ligatures in places.
- Custodial History:
- Provenance: Phathor?, Herakleopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 2722-2740 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) in September 1925. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan and Wilfred Merton (b. 1888, d. 1957).
- Former External References:
- SB Kopt. III 1310
- Publications:
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Catalogue of the Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 370.
Walter E. Crum, ‘Some Further Meletian Documents’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 13 (1927), 19-26 (pp. 19-21, with plate x).
Hans Hauben, ‘Aurêlios Pageus, alias Apa Paiêous, et le monastère mélitien d'Hathor’, Ancient Society 32 (2002), 337-352.
Monika R. M. Hasitzka, Koptisches Sammelbuch III (Münich-Leipzig: K. G. Saur 2006), no. 1310.
Ewa 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), pp. 80-81.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)