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Papyrus 1614
- Record Id:
- 040-003678654
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105466724.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465789.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1614
- Title:
- Christian Letter (P.Lond. V 1658, TM 33189)
- Scope & Content:
-
Beginning of letter from Antonius, presumably an ecclesiastic writing to someone younger, addressed as a ‘beloved son’; with address and remains of another letter on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003678654 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1614 : Christian Letter (P.Lond. V 1658, TM 33189) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1772]/040-003678654
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, medium-brown, broken off at the bottom and with minor surface damage; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 8 lines from the top of a column written along the fibres; a sheet-join runs vertically along the right edge. On the back, there are 4 lines running across the fibres and 1 line written along the fibres in the right margin. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465789.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0350
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 87 x 164 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 140 x 215 mm.
Script: Recto: Thin, somewhat untidy cursive hand with a slant to the right. Verso: Cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: x mm; housed in a glass frame measuring x mm.
Script: Recto: Thin, somewhat untidy cursive hand with a slant to the right. Verso: Cursive hand.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1658
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 18-19, no. 1658.
G. Ghedini, Lettere cristiane dai papiri greci del III e IV secolo (Milano: Vita e Pensiero 1923), p. 151, no. 19.
J. G. Winter, Life and Letters in the Papyri (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1933), p. 161.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 84.
M. Naldini, Il cristianesimo in Egitto. Lettere private nei papiri dei secoli II-IV (Firenze: Le Monneir 1968), pp. 195-196, no. 42.
E. Wipszycka, ‘Remarques sur les lettres privées chrétiennes. A propos de livre de M. Naldini’, Journal of Juristic Papyrology 18 (1974), pp. 203-221 (pp. 211-213).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 65.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 91.
N. Gonis, ‘Anthony and His Letter to a Dead Man’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 43 (1997), pp. 364-373, with pl. 9.2.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 119.
R. Burnet, L'Égypte ancienne à travers les papyrus: vie quotidienne (Paris: Pygmalion 2003), p. 86, no. 32.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)