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Papyrus 2906
- Record Id:
- 040-002105699
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0002df
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125430.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2906
- Title:
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Troparion for Easter (SB V 7695, TM 36227, LDAB 6443, van Haelst 0765)
- Scope & Content:
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A fragment of a troparion to be recited on Easter day, with quotations from Matthew 28, 11-13, 27.64 and Psalm 118.24.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105699 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2906 : Troparion for Easter (SB V 7695, TM 36227, LDAB 6443, van Haelst 0765) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0672]/040-002105699
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus sheet, written on one side across the fibres and broken at the top and bottom. Whether this was an isolated text or part of a liturgical roll is unknown. Words do not overflow into the following line but are completed above the line. Nomina sacra are abbreviated. Housed in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125430.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 6th century-7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 83 x 183 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 115 x 220 mm.
Script: Irregular sloping hand, employing a rough breathing, accents and dots to mark punctuation, sometimes misplaced.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Presented by the Reverend C. H. Evelyn White on 24 June 1935.
- Former External References:
- SB V 7695
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1931-1935 (London: British Museum 1967), p. 361.
H. J. M. Milne, ‘An Easter-Tide Fragment on Papyrus’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 21 (1935), pp. 217-218, with plate 27.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band V (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1955), no. 7695.
J. van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne 1976), p. 274, no. 765 descr.
A. Rahlfs, D. Fraenkel, Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht 2004), p. 221.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)