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[Papyrus fragments of private letters and tax receipts]

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Title
[Papyrus fragments of private letters and tax receipts]
Date
400-800 A.D.  
Call Number
Pre-1650 MS 0223
Publication Place
Egypt
Description
  • Ms. fragments.
  • Glass panel (230 x 180 mm.) containing four fragments from private letters and tax receipts, dating from the 5th-8th centuries A.D. Item 6 measures 110 x 73 mm. Item 7 is 55 x 51 mm. and dates to the 8th century. According to Browne (no. 9 in his 1979 study), this fragment contains the left margin of what is probably a private letter. Item 8 is 70 x 22 mm. Item 9 measures 75 x 56 mm.
  • Coptic.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Shelf-mark: Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Pre-1650 MS 0223.
  • Former shelf-mark: Items 6-9 of Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Pre-1650 MS 0216.
  • Former shelf-mark: Inv. 755805.6 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
  • Former shelf-mark: Inv. 755805.7 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
  • Former shelf-mark: Inv. 755805.8 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
  • Former shelf-mark: Inv. 755805.9 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
  • Open to researchers.
  • Browne, Gerald M. "Illinois Coptic Texts, II." Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 16.4 (1979), p. 257-261
  • Item cataloged in hand by the staff of the University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library (DM), 10 June 2014.
Extent
4 fragments : papyrus
Dimensions
sizes vary
Language
Greek
Topical Subject
  • Illinois  
  • Urbana  
  • Specimens  
  • Civilization  
Geographic Subject
Egypt  
Temporal Subject
638-1798  
Genre Subject
  • Coptic manuscripts  
  • Coptic manuscripts (Papyri)  
  • Manuscripts, Medieva;  
  • Manuscripts (Papyri)  
Collection Title
Pre-1650 Manuscript Collection
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Type
Text  
Bibliographic Identifier
99751649212205899
Collection
RBML Manuscript Collection
Title[Papyrus fragments of private letters and tax receipts]
Date400-800 A.D.  
Call NumberPre-1650 MS 0223
Publication PlaceEgypt
Description
  • Ms. fragments.
  • Glass panel (230 x 180 mm.) containing four fragments from private letters and tax receipts, dating from the 5th-8th centuries A.D. Item 6 measures 110 x 73 mm. Item 7 is 55 x 51 mm. and dates to the 8th century. According to Browne (no. 9 in his 1979 study), this fragment contains the left margin of what is probably a private letter. Item 8 is 70 x 22 mm. Item 9 measures 75 x 56 mm.
  • Coptic.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Shelf-mark: Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Pre-1650 MS 0223.
  • Former shelf-mark: Items 6-9 of Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Pre-1650 MS 0216.
  • Former shelf-mark: Inv. 755805.6 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
  • Former shelf-mark: Inv. 755805.7 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
  • Former shelf-mark: Inv. 755805.8 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
  • Former shelf-mark: Inv. 755805.9 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
  • Open to researchers.
  • Browne, Gerald M. "Illinois Coptic Texts, II." Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 16.4 (1979), p. 257-261
  • Item cataloged in hand by the staff of the University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library (DM), 10 June 2014.
Extent4 fragments : papyrus
Dimensionssizes vary
LanguageGreek
Topical Subject
  • Illinois  
  • Urbana  
  • Specimens  
  • Civilization  
Geographic SubjectEgypt  
Temporal Subject638-1798  
Genre Subject
  • Coptic manuscripts  
  • Coptic manuscripts (Papyri)  
  • Manuscripts, Medieva;  
  • Manuscripts (Papyri)  
Collection TitlePre-1650 Manuscript Collection
RightsNo Copyright - United States
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
TypeText  
Bibliographic Identifier99751649212205899
CollectionRBML Manuscript Collection

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