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Papyrus 1228
- Record Id:
- 040-003451607
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100078439733.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143122729.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1228
- Title:
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Private Letter (SB XXVI 16536, P.Lond. III 1228 descr., TM 29260)
- Scope & Content:
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A letter, presumably from Aline to her husband Apollonius, alluding to the completion of some woodwork in a small house and to the administration of the office by the recipient himself, in the absence of Posidonius.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003451607 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1228 : Private Letter (SB XXVI 16536, P.Lond. III 1228 descr., TM 29260) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0758]/040-003451607
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Upper part of a papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The top of two columns survive, with at least another column missing; the intercolumnar space is 2 mm. The upper and right margins are extant, the top measuring 15 mm and the right being minimal; the left and lower margins are not preserved. The surface is abdraded in places and damaged by holes throughout. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143122729.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0113
- End Date:
- 0120
- Date Range:
- early 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 82 x 203 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 135 x 255 mm.
Script: Neat and practised semi-cursive hand of medium size, mostly upright, but occasionally slightly sloping to the right. Perhaps the same as P.Giss.Apoll. 24.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1228 descr.
SB XXVI 16536 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 444.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. lxvii, no. 1228 descr.
N. Litinas, ‘A Letter from the Strategos Apollonios' Archive? P. Lond. inv. 1228’, in I. Andorlini, G. Bastianini, M. Manfredi, G. Menci (eds.), Atti del XXII Congresso Internazionale di Papirologia. Firenze, 23-29 agosto 1998. Volume II (Firenze: Istituto papirologico ‘G. Vitelli’ 2001), pp. 805-812 and pl. XL.
N. Litinas, ‘A Corrigendum to P.Lond. inv. 1228’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 136 (2001), p. 182.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XXVI (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2006), no. 16536.
R. S. Bagnall, R. Cribiore, Women's letters from ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 2006), p., A7.24, no. 54.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 244.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XXVII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2012), p. 52.
A. Sarri, Material Aspects of Letter Writing in the Graeco-Roman World. c. 500 BC – c. AD 300 (Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter 2017), p. 263.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)