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Papyrus 3103

Record Id:

040-003720932

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002104451

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100111241117.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147471795.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Papyrus 3103

Title:

Fragments of Letters (P.Michael. 16-17, TM 28824-5)

Scope & Content:

Upper papyrus (A) (P.Michael. 16, TM 28824): Beginning of a private letter to a brother inquiring about his health, as he has not written in a while. The back bears the address with the sealing pattern.

Lower papyrus (B) (P.Michael. 17, TM 28825): Fragment of a letter concerned with the transport of grain to Pepsa, the location of which is unknown.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002104451
040-003720932

Is part of:

Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri

Papyrus 3103 : Fragments of Letters (P.Michael. 16-17, TM 28824-5)

Hierarchy:

032-002104451[2044]/040-003720932

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete on the sides; with writing on both sides. On the front, there are 11 lines from the top of a column, written along the fibres; traces of another line are visible at the bottom; upper and side margins are extant; folding lines are still visible. On the back, there is one line written along the fibres, lacking the end. A small papyrus scrap bearing writing is pasted onto the top of the sheet.

Lower papyrus (B): Light-brown papyrus fragment, with surface damage; writing runs on one side, and the back is blank. On the front, there are 8 lines written along the fibres; one line was written along the left margin across the fibres. Left and right margins are extant.

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

0100

End Date:

0299

Date Range:

2nd century-3rd century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Papyrus.

Dimensions: A: 70 x 67 mm; B: 62 x 70 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 205 x 120 mm.

Script: A: Neat and skilled upright cursive hand; verso: fair-sized, upright cursive hand; B: Rather irregular cursive hand, with a tendency to become smaller, more rapid and compressed.

Custodial History:

Origin: Egypt.

Provenance: Egypt. Acquired with other Michaelides material, including Papyri 3100-3131, in April 1979 and transferred from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books in May 1979. Formerly part of the private collection of Georges Anastase Michaelides (b. 1900, d. 1973), antiquities dealer in Cairo, sold by his heirs after his death, under the inventory number 1473.

Former External References:

P.Michael. 16
P.Michael. 17

Publications:

David S. Crawford, Papyri Michaelidae: being a catalogue of the Greek and Latin papyri, tablets and ostraca in the library of Mr. G.A. Michaïlidis of Cairo (Aberdeen: The Aberdeen University Press, for the Egypt Exploration Society 1955), p. 28, no. 16.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)