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Papyrus 2237
- Record Id:
- 040-003353500
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100036926509.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058108252.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2237
- Title:
- Memorandum for a Trip to Constantinople (TM 381317)
- Scope & Content:
-
recto: "Memorandum (Hypomnestikon) for Constantinople, to Menas of Oxyrhynchus"
verso: "Memorandum from the comes Philias"
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003353500 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2237 : Memorandum for a Trip to Constantinople (TM 381317) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0852]/040-003353500
- 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 other side.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058108252.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0400
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 5th-6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Papyrus (subjected to two sets of repairs, one ancient the other more recent made probably by a dealer).
Dimensions: 115 mm x 285 mm, framed in a glass case.
Script: Irregular and flourished cursive. Written across the fibres. Trema with single dot, punctuation by vacat.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt (?Kynopolis)
Provenance: Found probably at Oxyrhynchus.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Part of a collection of papyri (Papyri 2103-2240) bought by the British Museum from Grenfell in May, 1920.
- Administrative Context:
- Egypt (?Oxyrhynchus)
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript:
- Publications:
- Michael W. Zellmann-Rohrer, 'Patched and Peeled in London: A Memorandum for a trip to Constantinople (P. Lond. inv. 2237)', Archiv für papyrus-forschung und verwandte gebiete 60 (2014), 217-222.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)