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Papyrus 962
- Record Id:
- 040-003781990
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100115835498.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472179.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 962
- Title:
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Letter to Heroninus (P.Lond. III 962, TM 11049)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto: Remains of a document.
Verso: Letter from Heraclides to Heroninus with instructions on a sum of money to be collected from the shepherd Atais, to be used for ring-dykes and for salaries.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003781990 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 962 : Letter to Heroninus (P.Lond. III 962, TM 11049) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2202]/040-003781990
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Medium-brown papyrus sheet, written on both sides. The front bears remains of 6 lines written along the fibres, abraded in places; the back was reused to host another text, complete, consisting of 10 lines running across the fibres. All margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147472179.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0250
- End Date:
- 0261
- Date Range:
- 250-261
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 126 x 119 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 165 mm.
Script: Recto: Small, rapid cursive hand. Verso: Proficient cursive hand of medium size, sloping to the right, compressed in places.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Theadelpheia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Flor. II 185*
P.Lond. III 962 - 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.
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. 210, no. 962.
Domenico Comparetti, Papiri greco-egizii, Papiri Fiorentini, vol. II: Papiri letterari ed epistolari (Milano: Hoepli, 1908), p. 147, no. 185*.
Dominic Rathbone, Economic Rationalism and Rural Society in Third-Century A.D. Egypt. The Heroninos Archive and the Appianus Estate (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1991), pp. 413, 423, and passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)