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Papyrus 973(A-B)
- Record Id:
- 040-003796765
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100117900900.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472184.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 973(A-B)
- Title:
- Private Letters (P.Lond. III 973(a-b), TM 31972, 33776)
- Scope & Content:
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Left papyrus (A) (TM 31972): Left-hand portion of a private letter from Flavius Antonius to Antonius Zosimus, mentioning a slave; with traces of the address on the back. Unpublished.
Right papyrus (B) (TM 33776): Beginning of a letter from Psenesis to Atouphis, informing him that, because he is going to court regarding his brother’s possessions, he will not be able to come to the recipient soon. Greetings were added in the left margin.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003796765 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 973(A-B) : Private Letters (P.Lond. III 973(a-b), TM 31972, 33776) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2238]/040-003796765
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Two papyrus fragments not belonging together, housed in the same glass frame.
Left papyrus (A): Left-hand portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, displaying a few insect-holes in places; written on both sides. The front bears the beginnings of 8 lines running across the fibres; upper, lower and left margins survive. On the back, there are faded traces of 1 line written along the fibres.
Right papyrus (B): Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, displaying a few insect-holes in places; written on both sides. The front bears 12 lines running from the top of a column, running along the fibres, and 1 line written in the left margin, perpendicularly to the rest of the text; upper, right and left margins survive. On the back, there are faded traces of writing.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147472184.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 3rd century-4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 150 x 80 mm; B: 93 x 74 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 205 x 230 mm.
Script: Neat, slightly sloping hand, ligatured in places. B: Neat and regular upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 885-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 973(a)
P.Lond. III 973(b) - 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.
A
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. l, no. 973(a) descr.
B
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. 213, no. 973(b).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, 1913), p. 289.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2009), p. 102.
Willy Clarysse, ‘Departure without Saying Goodbye: A Lexicographical Study’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, 48 (2011), 141-48 (p. 144).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)