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

Work Types:

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))

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: second half of 2nd century

Creator Display:

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] (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.)

Cultures:

Ancient Roman (preferred)

Roman

General Subject:

text (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	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-)