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Papyrus 1567
- Record Id:
- 040-003719883
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110694416.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470120.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1567
- Title:
- Private Letter (SB XVIII 13591, TM 30980)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter to Sarapammon and Syra from Koprys and Senthonis, who have not received any news and are concerned about whether Syra has arrived. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003719883 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1567 : Private Letter (SB XVIII 13591, TM 30980) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2012]/040-003719883
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet with minor surface damage along the vertical folds; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 11 lines from the top of a column, written along the fibres; upper and side margins are extant. On the back, there is the beginning of 1 line running along the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470120.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 85 x 110 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 145 x 165 mm.
Script: Professional upright hand, similar to the chancery style; lines slightly uneven.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- SB XVIII 13591
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
George M. Parássoglou, ‘ΙΔΙΩΤΙΚΕΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΕΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΡΩΜΑΙΚΗ ΑΙΓΥΠΤΟ', Hellenika 37 (1986), 260-79 (pp. 270-3, no. 4, with pl.).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XVIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1993), no. 13591.
Amin Benaissa, ‘The Archive of Tryphon Phibas’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 158 (2006), 226-34 (p. 229).
Roger S. Bagnall, Raffaella Cribiore, Women's letters from ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 2008), B8.9, no. 265.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)