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Papyrus 987
- Record Id:
- 040-003695783
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100107777506.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469658.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 987
- Title:
- Private Letter (SB XVIII 13588, P.Lond. III 987 descr., TM 32982)
- Scope & Content:
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Letter of Eumolpius to his mother Taibis with instructions and orders on private matters. The writer, who had repeatedly invited her, urges her to come on that day bringing a certain Paul with her.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003695783 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 987 : Private Letter (SB XVIII 13588, P.Lond. III 987 descr., TM 32982) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1865]/040-003695783
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Long and narrow papyrus sheet, imperfect at the bottom and complete on all other sides; with some surface damage throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 23 lines; upper and side margins are minimal, the lower margin is imperfect. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469658.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- 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:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 215 x 90 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 265 x 135 mm.
Script: Large, untidy and somewhat irregular hand, slightly slanting to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite nome (?), Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 885-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 987 descr.
SB XVIII 13588 - 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. l, no. 987 descr.
G. M. Parássoglou, ‘Idiotikes epistoles apo te romaike Aigupto’, Hellenika 37 (1986), pp. 260-279 (pp. 260-264, no. 1, with pl.).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XVIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1993), no. 13588.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)