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Papyrus 2964
- Record Id:
- 040-003797844
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100119090846.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471365.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2964
- Title:
- Official Letter Book and Medical Text (P.Hib. II 191, TM 65740, LDAB 6994, MP3 2348)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragments from mummy cartonnage containing an official letter book (unpublished) on the front; the back was reused to host a medical text, possibly relating to child-birth. Whether these were medical receipts or a treatise is unclear.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003797844 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2964 : Official Letter Book and Medical Text (P.Hib. II 191, TM 65740, LDAB 6994, MP3 2348) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2276]/040-003797844
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Six fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, recovered from mummy cartonnage; with a few insect-holes in places and traces of plaster; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. Housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471365.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0299
- End Date:
- -0200
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size, the largest measuring 110 x 70 mm and 80 x 30 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 190 x 190 mm.
Script: Recto: Neat, official hand, with a contrast between large and narrow letterforms. Verso: Upright, square book-hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El-Hiba), Egypt. From mummy cartonnage (Mummy A). Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 2943-3035 by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Society on 9 April 1960.
- Former External References:
- P.Hib. II 191
- Publications:
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Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri, II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 58, 61-62, no. 191.
Marie-Hélène Marganne, Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de médecine (Genève: Librairie Droz 1981), no. 93.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)