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Papyrus 2181
- Record Id:
- 040-003724720
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100111667265.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470716.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2181
- Title:
- Private Letter (SB VI 9107, TM 36196)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter to the count (comes) Georgius, from Sebastianus, who asks the recipient to accept ten ducks as a gift for his wedding and sends his felicitations. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003724720 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2181 : Private Letter (SB VI 9107, TM 36196) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2054]/040-003724720
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus slip, complete, slightly imperfect along he left edge; with writing on both sides; on the front, there are four complete lines running across the fibres; margins are extant; on the back, there is one line written along the fibres at the top. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470716.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 6th century-7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 95 x 243 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 150 x 310 mm.
Script: Recto: Competent sloping cursive hand. Verso: Large, upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2103-2238 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in May 1920.
- Former External References:
- SB VI 9107
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1916-1920 (London: British Museum 1933), p. 373.
Harold Idris Bell, ‘Two Private Letters of the Byzantine Period’, in Coptic Studies in Honor of Walter Ewing Crum (Boston: Byzantine Institute, 1950), pp. 251-4 (pp. 253-4).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band VI (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1963), no. 9107.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)