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Papyrus 1014
- Record Id:
- 040-003543347
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101570030.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464079.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1014
- Title:
- Letter from a Mother (SB XVIII 13612, P.Lond. III 1014 descr., TM 32984)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary letter of the mother of the monk Philadelphus, a widow, to Apa John, leader of a monastic community, with a request for help, presumably in relation to some matter involving an official involved with the tax collection; the docket is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003543347 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1014 : Letter from a Mother (SB XVIII 13612, P.Lond. III 1014 descr., TM 32984) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1545]/040-003543347
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Upper portion of a light-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with some surface damage along the vertical folds; written on both sides along the fibres. On the back, the beginning of one line survives; on the front, there are 12 lines from the top of a column, with only a trace of line 12. Upper and side margins survive and are minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464079.0x000001 (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: 116 x 92 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 170 x 150 mm.
Script: Thin, large, sloping hand, rather competent, rarely ligatured; somewhat irregular in letter size.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Lykopolis (Assiut), Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite 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 1014 descr.
SB XVIII 13612 - 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. lii, no. 1014 descr.
G. M. Parássoglou, ‘Request for Help’, in S. Janeras (ed.), Miscellània Papirològica Ramon Roca-Puig (Barcelona: Rafael Dalmau 1987), pp. 247-250, with pl.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XVIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1993), no. 13612.
C. Zuckerman, ‘The Hapless Recruit Psois and the Mighty Anchorite, Apa John’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 32 (1995), pp. 183-194 (pp. 190-192).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), pp. 85, 221.
R. S. Bagnall, R. Cribiore, Women's letters from ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 2008), A14.14, no. 91.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2017), p. 218.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)