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Papyrus 852
- Record Id:
- 040-003666259
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100103282563.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472091.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 852
- Title:
- Private Letter (P.Sarap. 95, SB III 6297, P.Lond. III 852 descr., TM 17120)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter from Eutychides, one of Sarapion’s sons, to his brother Heliodorus, inquiring about his health; with address on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003666259 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 852 : Private Letter (P.Sarap. 95, SB III 6297, P.Lond. III 852 descr., TM 17120) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1666]/040-003666259
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved, with only few small insect holes not affecting the text; written on both sides along the fibres, the back bearing one line, with sealing pattern; on the front there are 7 lines, complete, occupying the upper half of the sheet; the last line is indented and written after some blank space. Upper and side margins are minimal, while ample blank space was left at the bottom. Vertical folds (front) are still visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147472091.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0090
- End Date:
- 0133
- Date Range:
- 90-133
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 148 x 113 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 200 x 165 mm.
Script: Recto: Small cursive hand, somewhat irregular in size; Verso: Fair-sized hand, somewhat compressed.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 835-878 by the executors of William Joseph Myers, F. S. A., (b. 1858, d. 1899) through R. Taylor.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 852 descr.
P.Sarap. 95
SB III 6297 - 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. 440.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xl, no. 852 descr.
A. Calderini, ‘Papiri inediti 6 (= PLond. 852). Lettera di Eutichide al fratello Eliodoro’, Studi della scuola papirologica 2 (1917), pp. 3-4.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten III (Berlin-Leipzig: de Gruyter 1926), no. 6297.
J. Schwartz, Les archives de Sarapion et de ses fils: Une exploitation agricole aux environs d'Hermoupolis Magna (de 90 à 133 p.C.) (Le Caire: Impr. de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale 1961), no. 95, with pl. vi(b).
D. P. Kehoe, Management and Investment on Estates in Roman Egypt during the Early Empire (Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 40) (Bonn: R. Habelt 1992), pp. 67-72.
D. Nachtergaele, ‘Variation in Private Letters: The Papyri of the Apollonios Strategos Archive’, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 56 (2016), pp. 140–163 (pp. 145-146).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)