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Papyrus 1078
- Record Id:
- 040-003534635
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101134035.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464245.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1078
- Title:
- Private Letter (SB XX 14449, P.Lond. III 1078 descr., TM 39683)
- Scope & Content:
- Private letter requesting permission for a visit, mentioning letters from Babylon and the dispatch of a pair of beast’s loads. With address on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003534635 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1078 : Private Letter (SB XX 14449, P.Lond. III 1078 descr., TM 39683) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1496]/040-003534635
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, paler by patches, complete but with holes throughout; written on both sides. The front bears 10 lines written along the fibres, complete; margins survive. On the back there is one damaged line written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464245.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0600
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 200 x 165 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 255 x 220 mm.
Script: Proficient, thin cursive hand, sloping to the right; lines slightly uneven.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1078 descr.
SB XX 14449 - 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. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. lvi, no. 1078 descr.
G. M. Parássoglou, ‘Nineteen Papyri from the British Library’, Hellenika 37 (1986), pp. 23-45 (pp. 28-30, no. 5).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), p. , no. 14449.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)