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Papyrus 2146
- Record Id:
- 040-003437129
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100074477122.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123920.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2146
- Title:
- Letter from Panares to His Son Heraclas (ZPE 213 (2020), pp. 186-190, TM 832443)
- Scope & Content:
- A private letter from Panares to his son, Heraclas. Panares starts his letter with greetings then informs the recipient about financial income and expenditures. Instructions to buy lentils is added in a different hand perhaps by Heraclas’s mother or wife. The back contains the address of the letter.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003437129 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2146 : Letter from Panares to His Son Heraclas (ZPE 213 (2020), pp. 186-190, TM 832443) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0849]/040-003437129
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- One papyrus sheet, complete apart from the bottom-right part and some holes. Two vertical and several horizontal folds are visible. Writing on both sides parallel to the fibres.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123920.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 148 x 84 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 195 x 140 mm.
Script: The main body of the text is written in a semi-cursive hand. The last three lines (a postscript) are written in a second, somewhat less cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2103-2239 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in May 1920.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1916-1920 (London: British Museum 1933), p. 373.
M. G. Elmaghrabi, 'A letter from Panares to his son Heraklas', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 213 (2020), pp. 186–190.
Metadata provided by the attendees of the 2018 Heidelberg Research Webinar on BL Greek Papyri, funded by the MWK Baden-Württemberg and taught by R. Ast and L. Berkes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)