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Papyrus 2233
- Record Id:
- 040-003535468
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101176476.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467424.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2233
- Title:
- Private Letter (APF 63 (2017), pp. 166-170, no. 5, TM 704796)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter from Theotima to the comes Timotheus, presumably her brother, inquiring on a certain Eutropia for a matter that is causing her distress; greetings follow; written by Victor; with address on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003535468 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2233 : Private Letter (APF 63 (2017), pp. 166-170, no. 5, TM 704796) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1521]/040-003535468
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Light-brown papyrus sheet, with surface damage, insect holes and torn at the top; written on both sides; the front bears 8 lines written across the fibres; margins are complete. A sheet-join runs from left to right at c. 80 mm from the top. On the back there are two lines running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467424.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 6th century-7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 147 x 298 mm, housed in a glass frame measuring 195 x 350 mm.
Script: Fine professional cursive hand; Verso: two hands, presumably of Victor and of Theotima.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2103-2238 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. W. Zellmann-Rohrer, ‘Five Private Letters on Papyrus in the British Library’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 63 (2017), pp. 135-170 (pp. 166-170, no. 5).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)