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Papyrus 2538
- Record Id:
- 040-003906703
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122317084.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471110.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2538
- Title:
- Miscellaneous Documents from the Archive of Marcus Aurelius Diogenes (TM 10705, 10710, 10713, 15720, 26625, 26635, 26636, 40792)
- Scope & Content:
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A (P.Diog. 35, TM 10705): Fragmentary receipt for the payment in kind made by a farmer, as rent on land; dated 221-222.
B (P.Diog. 51, TM 26625): Fragmentary document of uncertain content, mentioning Diogenes and his daughter Aurelia Copria. Dated 205-235.
C (P.Diog. 67, TM 26636): Fragmentary document of uncertain content, mentioning the village of Philadelphia. The back bears writing.
D (P.Diog. 68, TM 40792): Fragmentary document of uncertain content.
E-F (P.Diog. 41, TM 10710): Fragmentary series of receipts recording tax payments in money paid to the collectors of money taxes over various months. Another fragment is Papyrus 2528.
G (P.Diog. 23, TM 15720): Fragment of an official letter, dated to 185-186.
H (P.Diog. 66, TM 26635): Small fragment of a document of which little remains.
I-J ((P.Diog. 49, TM 10713): Conclusion of a document of 225-226, with the dating clause.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003906703 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2538 : Miscellaneous Documents from the Archive of Marcus Aurelius Diogenes (TM 10705, 10710, 10713, 15720, 26625, 26635, 26636, 40792) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2370]/040-003906703
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Ten papyrus fragments, not all belonging together, housed in one glass frame.
A: Dark-brown papyrus fragment, apparently complete at the top, broken off on the other sides; with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank.
B: Dark-brown papyrus fragment, apparently complete at the top, broken off on the other sides; with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. The back is darkened along the left edge and bears no writing.
C: Medium-brown papyrus strip, complete at the bottom, broken off on the other sides; with some surface damage; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The writing is effaced.
D: Dark-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; with severe surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank.
E-F: Two papyrus fragments belonging together, dark-brown, written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. Papyrus 2528 belongs to the same papyrus.
G: Lower left portion of a medium-brown papyrus, written on one side across the fibres; the front bears the beginnings of 6 lines; lower and left margins survive. The back is blank.
H: Small papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides, written on one side along the fibres; a few letters from 3 lines survive. The back is blank.
I-J: Two fragments from the same medium-brown papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0132
- End Date:
- 0248
- Date Range:
- 132-248
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 72 x 56 mm; B: 120 x 46 mm; C: 164 x 38 mm; D: 143 x 25 mm; F: 156 x 53 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 220 x 360 mm.
Script: A: Untidy and irregular cursive hand, with some letters sloping to the right; B: Rapid and untidy cursive hand with a slight slant to the right; C: Rapid cursive hand. D: Rather large, rapid cursive hand. E-F: Irregular, untidy cursive hand. G: Proficient, large sloping cursive hand. H: Overall neat cursive hand of medium size. I-J: Neat, sloping cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt (?). Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2486-2542 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) in September 1922. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan and Cornell University.
- Former External References:
- P.Diog. 23
P.Diog. 35
P.Diog. 41
P.Diog. 49
P.Diog. 51
P.Diog. 66
P.Diog. 67
P.Diog. 68 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 366.
Orsolina Montevecchi, La papirologia (Milano: Vita e Pensiero 1988), p. 577, no. 17.
Peter van Minnen, ‘Les archives de Marcus Lucretius Diogenes et textes apparentés by P. Schubert’, Mnemosyne, 48 (1995), 507-11.
Paul Schubert, Philadelphie. Un village égyptien en mutation entre le IIe et le IIIe siècle ap. J.-C. (Schweizerische Beiträge für Altertumswissenschaft 34) (Basel: Schwabe 2007), pp. 55-69.
A
Paul Schubert, Les archives de Marcus Lucretius Diogenes et textes apparentés (Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 39) (Bonn: R. Habelt 1990), no. 35.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2009), p. 64.
B
Paul Schubert, Les archives de Marcus Lucretius Diogenes et textes apparentés (Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 39) (Bonn: R. Habelt 1990), no. 51.
C
Paul Schubert, Les archives de Marcus Lucretius Diogenes et textes apparentés (Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 39) (Bonn: R. Habelt 1990), no. 67.
D
Paul Schubert, Les archives de Marcus Lucretius Diogenes et textes apparentés (Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 39) (Bonn: R. Habelt 1990), no. 68.
E-F
Paul Schubert, Les archives de Marcus Lucretius Diogenes et textes apparentés (Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 39) (Bonn: R. Habelt 1990), no. 41.
G
Paul Schubert, Les archives de Marcus Lucretius Diogenes et textes apparentés (Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 39) (Bonn: R. Habelt 1990), no. 23, with pl. xvi.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, X (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1998), p. 63.
H
Paul Schubert, Les archives de Marcus Lucretius Diogenes et textes apparentés (Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 39) (Bonn: R. Habelt 1990), no. 66.
I-J
Paul Schubert, Les archives de Marcus Lucretius Diogenes et textes apparentés (Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 39) (Bonn: R. Habelt 1990), no. 49.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)