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Papyrus 1747
- Record Id:
- 040-003797480
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100118647713.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470476.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1747
- Title:
- Letter (P.Lond. V 1840 descr., TM 36957)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragment of a letter, either private or official, possibly from the archive of Dioscorus of Aphrodito. The names of the correspondents are lost.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003797480 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1747 : Letter (P.Lond. V 1840 descr., TM 36957) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2263]/040-003797480
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Fragment from a dark-brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the left, imperfect on the right, complete at the top and bottom; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the central portions of 7 lines; upper and lower margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470476.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 155 x 195 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 395 x 235 mm.
Script: Flowing sloping cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Aphrodito (?), Antaiopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1840 descr.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, V (London: British Museum, 1917), p. 268, no. 1840 descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)