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Papyrus 873
- Record Id:
- 040-003689962
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106511594.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472123.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 873
- Title:
- Christian Hymn (P.Lond.Lit. 235, TM 64882, LDAB 6121)
- Scope & Content:
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Hymn to Jesus and the Virgin Mary; with passages from hymns 4 and 5.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003689962 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 873 : Christian Hymn (P.Lond.Lit. 235, TM 64882, LDAB 6121) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1829]/040-003689962
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Long and narrow papyrus sheet, imperfect at the top and bottom, especially on the left, and displaying surface damage throughout; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears 35 lines written along the fibres. No margins were left on the left and right. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147472123.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0400
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 5th century-6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 235 x 75 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 280 x 130 mm.
Script: Cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: 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 in 1900.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 235
- 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. xli, no. 873 descr.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 198, no. 235.
S. G. Mercati, ‘Osservazioni sul testo e sulla metrica di alcuni papiri cristiani’, Chronique d‘Égypte 7 (1932), pp. 183-201.
Griechische Texte der Heidelberger Papyrussammlung IV (Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter 1986), pp. 31-33.
J. van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne 1976), no. 936.
J. Diethart, C. Grassien, ‘Remarques sur la composition, la transmission et l’édition de trois hymnes chrétiennes en provenance d’Egypte’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 51 (2005), pp. 95-104 (pp. 102-104).
Á. T. Mihálykó, The Christian Liturgical Papyri: An Introduction (Tübingen: Mohr Siebek 2019), pp. 83, 163, and passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)