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Papyrus 2238
- Record Id:
- 040-002737969
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022566186.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058108256.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2238
- Title:
- Letter concerning work on an embankment for a vineyard
- Scope & Content:
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recto: Letter by Theodoros lamprotatos to an estate-manager (thaumasiotes) to order work and payment for workers at a vineyard in Graeidos (Oxyrhynchus)
verso: "Deliver to my lord... from theodoros, lamprotatos"
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002737969 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2238 : Letter concerning work on an embankment for a vineyard - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0853]/040-002737969
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 papyrus sheet, main text written transversa charta, address on the back, framed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058108256.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0400
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 5th century-6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 85x305mm, mounted in a glass case measuring 135x360mm.
Script: Right-sloping cursive, written transversa charta on the front, and along the fibres on the back.
- Custodial History:
- Origin: Egypt (Oxyrhynchus)
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869-1926), papyrologist, May 1920.
- Administrative Context:
- Created in the Oxyrhynchite nome, possibly on the Apion estate (Hickey 2012).
- Information About Copies:
-
Photographic reproduction in Archiv für Papyrusforschung 58 (2012), pl. XIV.
Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript:
- Publications:
-
T. M. Hickey, 'The workers and the vineyard (P.Lond. inv. 2238)', Archiv für Papyrusforschung 58 (2012) pp. 302-07, pl. XIV. (Edition with translation).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)