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Papyrus 2078
- Record Id:
- 040-003711584
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109748686.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470688.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2078
- Title:
- Private Letter (SB V 7987, TM 18005)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter from Didymus to Adrastus on various private matters; the greetings were added in a different hand.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003711584 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2078 : Private Letter (SB V 7987, TM 18005) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1961]/040-003711584
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Right-hand portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, with seven detached scraps from its right-hand side; written on one side, with the back blank. On the front, there are the ends of 15 lines written along the fibres. Upper, right and lower margins survive. Folding lines are still visible. The detached fragments are either blank or bear a few traces of ink. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470688.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0094
- End Date:
- 0094
- Date Range:
- 84-96
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 224 x 178 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 270 x 280 mm.
Script: Regular and calligraphic hand, upright and thin, exhibiting some cursive traits; rapid cursive hand in lines 12-13.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2078-2102 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) in April 1919.
- Former External References:
- SB V 7987
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1916-1920 (London: British Museum, 1933), p. 373.
E. M. Thompson, Facsimiles of ancient manuscripts, etc.: second series. New Palaeographical Society Series II. Part V (London: Oxford University Press, 1913-1932), plate 98.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band V (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1934-1955), no. 7987.
James M. S. Cowey, ‘Remarks on Various Papyri III (sb v, vi, viii, x, xii, xiv, xvi, xviii, xx)’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 132 (2000), 241-247 (241).
G. Cavallo, La scrittura greca e latina dei papiri: una introduzione (Pisa: Serra 2008), p. 65.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2009), p. 91.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)