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Papyrus 982
- Record Id:
- 040-003536772
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101224017.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469648.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 982
- Title:
- Letter of a Recruit (SB XXIV 16282, P.Lond. III 982, TM 33778)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter to Herminus from Apollos, a new recruit, concerning money matters. Apollos explains how he has spent his share of money for medical treatments, and asks that Herminus deliver his army bounty to Apollos’ mother and wife, whom he has sent to collect it.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003536772 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 982 : Letter of a Recruit (SB XXIV 16282, P.Lond. III 982, TM 33778) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1529]/040-003536772
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, pale brown, broken off to the left and with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there is one column of 24 lines, with lines 1-22 lacking the beginnings and lines 23-24 written on the right-hand side of the sheet. Upper and lower margins survive and are minimal, and no space was left on the right. A sheet-join runs vertically along the right edge up to line 21. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469648.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0375
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- late 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 285 x 140 mm, housed in a glass frame measuring 330 x 190 mm.
Script: Large and thin cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Lycopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Lycopolite nome, 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 982
Pap.Choix 28
SB XXIV 16282 - 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), pp. 242-243, no. 982, with pl. 75.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), pp. 292-293.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 84.
G. Ghedini, Lettere cristiane dai papiri greci del III e IV secolo (Milano: Vita e Pensiero 1923), pp. 193-196, no. 27.
R. Rémondon, ‘Papyrologica: PSI, V, 472; P. Bodl. d 54; P. Lond. III, 982 ; P. Herm. Rees 79; P. Goth. 9; P. Vars. 31’, Chronique d'Égypte 41 (1966), pp. 165-179 (p. 168).
J. Bingen et al. (eds.), Choix de papyrus grecs: Essai de traitement automatique (Liège: Université de Liège,1968), no. 28.
M. Naldini, Il cristianesimo in Egitto. Lettere private nei papiri dei secoliII-IV (Firenze: Le Monnier 1968), pp. 234-236, no. 54.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1969), pp. 54-55.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), pp. 62-63.
J. R. Rea, ‘Letter of a Recruit: P.Lond. III 982 Revised’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 115 (1997), pp. 189-193.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 101.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XXIV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2003), pp., no. 16282.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 242-243.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)