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Papyrus 1252
- Record Id:
- 040-003616325
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102155422.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464795.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1252
- Title:
- Private Letter (SB XVIII 13589, P.Lond. III 1252 descr., TM 32983)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter of Herminus to his son Theodorus on private affairs. On the back there is another short letter.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003616325 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1252 : Private Letter (SB XVIII 13589, P.Lond. III 1252 descr., TM 32983) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1581]/040-003616325
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, medium-dark brown, with light-brown patches; complete but with small insect holes; written on both sides along the fibres. The front bears one column of 20 lines, with the last 4 lines indented; all margins are extant. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at 15-20 mm from the right edge. On the back, there are 5 lines written in the upper part of the sheet. The ink is faded. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464795.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 282 x 143 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 335 x 190 mm.
Script: Large and thin hand, with a slight slant to the right; ligatured in places. Perhaps different hand on the verso.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1252 descr.
SB XVIII 13589 - Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 444.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. lxviii, no. 1252 descr.
G. M. Parássoglou, ‘Idiotikes epistoles apo te romaike Aigupto’, Hellenika 37 (1986), pp. 260-279 (pp. 264-266, no. 2, with plate).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XVIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1993), no. 13589.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)