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Egerton Papyrus 15
- Record Id:
- 040-003792340
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100117736654.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469681.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton Papyrus 15
- Title:
- Summons (TM 942812)
- Scope & Content:
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Order from the night-strategi (nyktostrategoi) to some officials (comarchs and demosioi) of the village of Adaiou, in the Oxyrhynchite nome. to 'come up' with a man sent by them. The names of three men follow, whose appearance is apparently demanded.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003792340 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Egerton Papyrus 15 : Summons (TM 942812) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2232]/040-003792340
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, complete, with some surface damage, especially along the folds; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 5 complete lines; all margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469681.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0325
- Date Range:
- early 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 66 x 133 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 120 x 195 mm.
Script: Confident cursive hand, occasionally irregular in size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Egerton Papyri 2-31 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) by the British Museum on 28 July 1934, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829)).
- Publications:
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Federica Micucci, ‘Three Summonses from the British Library’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 217 (2021), 171-77 (pp. 175-77, no. 3, with plate).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)