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ID: 700006518 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006518 | Record Type: Movable Work |
Images: 1 | |
Fragment of a Letter (papyri (manuscripts); Unknown Roman (Roman Artist); second half of 2nd century; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 76.AI.57) | |
Note: One large and two small papyrus fragments placed in alignment to form part of a letter about Epicurean philosophy books with as many as six works mentioned, most with their titles wholly or partially preserved. | |
Titles: |
Fragment of a Letter (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U) |
Catalog Level: item |
papyri (manuscripts) [300055047] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by conditions of production>, manuscripts (documents)) |
manuscripts (preferred) |
Creation Date: second half of 2nd century |
Unknown Roman (Roman Artist) [preferred,JPGM] |
unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500202843] |
Locations: |
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body) |
Repository Numbers: 76.AI.57 |
Credit Line: Gift of Lenore Barozzi |
Other: Creation: Alexándreia [7233761] ImathĂa regional division (regional division), Region of Central Macedonia (region (administrative division)), Greece (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Display Materials: Papyrus |
papyrus (fiber product) [300014127] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>) |
Dimensions: Object: H: 11 x W: 8.5 cm (4 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.) |
Ancient Roman (preferred) |
Roman |
text (preferred) |
philosophy [300054279] | |
.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), humanities) (AAT) |
books [300028051] | |
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>) (AAT) |
Inscriptions: Fifteen lines of Greek inscription preserved: ". . .greetings. . . .book(s) of (?) Metrodorus . . . Epicurus's (book) 'On Justice' . . . best 'On Pleasure' . . . For the 2nd book 'On . . .' . . . (to?) another friend. . . I will send . . . I sent through the hand of . . . -leites does not seem to me . . . so that to me . . . books . . . Greet . . . "Farewell. Year 4, Choiak 4." |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Fragment of a Letter | ........ [JPGM,VP] |
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) | |
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP] |
Note: | |
English | ..... [JPGM] |
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) | |
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