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Papyrus 2192
- Record Id:
- 040-003536768
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101223958.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467367.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2192
- Title:
- Letter (APF 63 (2017), pp. 143-150, no. 2, ZPE 213 (2020), pp. 195-202, TM 704793)
- Scope & Content:
- Conclusion of a letter, the beginning of which may be contained on Papyrus 2126, concerning business matters, such as the shipment of goods and their safe-keeping in the context of land management. The recipient is also instructed not to begin commercial transactions until informing the sender. In Papyrus 2126 Hierax writes to Arsinoe, inquiring about the children and their employment.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003536768 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2192 : Letter (APF 63 (2017), pp. 143-150, no. 2, ZPE 213 (2020), pp. 195-202, TM 704793) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1525]/040-003536768
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Lower portion of a papyrus sheet, the beginnings of which may be Papyrus 2126; dark brown and complete at the bottom, right and left; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Papyrus 2126 bears the address on the verso. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467367.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 2nd century-3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 168 x 102 mm, housed in a glass frame measuring 225 x 155 mm.
Script: Competent epistolary letter, with few cursive elements. Word division marked by apostrophe and punctuation by blank space.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome (?), 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. 143-150, no. 2, with plates).
C. M. Sampson, 'A Letter from Hierax to Arsinoe: BL Papyrus 2126(+2192?)', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 213 (2020), pp. 195–202.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)