Account, Byzantine CE iv (?) [HIB]
Dates
- Byzantine CE iv (?) [HIB]
Language of Materials
Greek
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research. Please see the Policy on Access and Publication, here:
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Some items in the collection have been set aside for conservation, and may not be consulted in the reading room until they have been treated and housed. The majority of these items has been photographed and the images are available for research. Please consult the Access Services department for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition Information, 1927: Purchased in Egypt on behalf of Yale, with funds that may have been donated by the General Education Fund of the Rockefeller Foundation's General Education Board. The dealers' names are given as Harold Idris Bell reported them in his 1927 report.| P.CtYBR inv. 168-212, and 2147-2154, were purchased by Francis Willey Kelsey and David L. Askren from Tadaros in Medinet el-Faiyum, late 1926 or early 1927. The manuscripts were brought to Yale from the British Museum between 9 May and 11 October 1927.
References
- P.Yale inv. 201 + 207f
- Bell II 241B + II 250F
Provenance
Provenance purchased: Medinet el-Faiyum
Support
Papyrus
Lines
22
Genre (cu655)
Papyri
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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