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Papyrus 1147
- Record Id:
- 040-003616265
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101867588.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464414.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1147
- Title:
- Fragment of a Document (SB XX 15131, P.Lond. III 1147 descr., TM 38540)
- Scope & Content:
- Beginning of a document mentioning the cleaning of a city; with few words on the back, unclear if related to the document on the front.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003616265 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1147 : Fragment of a Document (SB XX 15131, P.Lond. III 1147 descr., TM 38540) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1578]/040-003616265
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus fragment, broken off at the bottom and left, damaged at the top, and complete on the right; written on both sides along the fibres. On the front, there are 4 lines from the top of a column, with traces of another line at the bottom; the upper margin partly survives; no margin was left on the right. On the back, there are two lines written at the top. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464414.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 102 x 146 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 155 x 200 mm.
Script: Recto: Neat, thin upright cursive hand of fair size. Verso: Smaller upright cursive hand, in different ink.
- 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 1147 descr.
SB XX 15131 - 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. lix, no. 1147 descr.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Zwei Papyrusfragmente aus der Londoner Papyrussammlung’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 87 (1991), pp. 261-262 (p. 261, no. 1).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), no. 15131.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)