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Ostracon 14129
- Record Id:
- 040-003478723
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003450097
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100099252517.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147475527.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ostracon 14129
- Title:
- Private Letter (O.Wilck. II 1152, TM 77556)
- Scope & Content:
-
Private letter concerning the shipment of pitch. The names of the correspondents are lost.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ostraca Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003450097
040-003478723 - Is part of:
- Ostracon 5790-63860 : Ostraca collection
Ostracon 14129 : Private Letter (O.Wilck. II 1152, TM 77556) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003450097[0274]/040-003478723
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Ostracon 5790-63860
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 potsherd, incomplete, broken at left, margins at top, right and bottom, 7 lines.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147475527.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
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Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Pottery.
Dimensions: 75 x 99 x 10 mm.
Script: documentary script, Roman cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Elephantine, 1st nome of Upper Egypt, Egypt.
Provenance: Elephantine, 1st nome of Upper Egypt, Egypt. Purchased from Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) in 1875.
- Publications:
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U. Wilcken, Griechische Ostraka aus Aegypten und Nubien, ein Beitrag zur Antiken Wirtschaftsgeschichte (Leipzig-Berlin: von Giesecke & Devrient 1899), vol. 2, no. 1152.
S. Witkowski, Epistulae privatae Graecae quae in papyris aetatis Lagidarum servantur (Lipsiae: Teubner 1911), p. 137 no B.
Metadata provided by the ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)