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Egerton Papyrus 36
- Record Id:
- 040-001982513
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001982502
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000116.0x000111
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100142973841.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton Papyrus 36
- Title:
- Letter on a Donation to a Bishop (P.Grenf. I 63, TM 38216)
- Scope & Content:
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The bishop Flavius Theodorus writes to Flavius Melas, administrator of Apollonopolis, concerning a donation he wants to make to Senouthes, bishop of Apollonopolis, which the recipient is asked to deliver. The donation includes 50 artabas of wheat and 100 jars of wine. A donation on behalf of Theodorus’ deceased father continues to be made too. Written by the notary Ioannes, with signature of Theodorus and endorsement on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Papyri Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001982502
040-001982513 - Is part of:
- Egerton Papyrus 1-37 : Egerton Papyri
Egerton Papyrus 36 : Letter on a Donation to a Bishop (P.Grenf. I 63, TM 38216) - Hierarchy:
- 032-001982502[0010]/040-001982513
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Egerton Papyrus 1-37
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, complete, with little damage along the folding lines. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back having a one-line docket. All margins extant, the side margins being irregular and minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100142973841.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0580
- End Date:
- 0620
- Date Range:
- 6th century-7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 358 x 200 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 420 x 255 mm.
Script: Fluent sloping cursive hand of big size; from l. 18 to end of the front, second sloping hand, thicker, mostly detached. Verso: Upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Apollonopolis Minor (Kom Isfaht), Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased from Maggs on 11 February 1939 using the Farnborough fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough (b. 1760, d. 1838)).
- Former External References:
- P.Grenf. I 63
- Publications:
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B. P. Grenfell, An Alexandrian erotic fragment and other Greek papyri chiefly Ptolemaic (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1896), pp. 104-105, no. 63.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 184.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 141.
K. A. Worp, ‘A Checklist of Bishops in Byzantine Egypt (A.D. 325- c. 750)’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 100 (1994), pp. 283-318 (p. 285 n. 6).
R. Alston, The City in Roman and Byzantine Egypt (London-New York: Routledge 2002), p. 308.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 86.
A. Benaissa, ‘Two Bishops Named Senuthes: Prosopography and New Texts’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 166 (2008), pp. 179-194 (p. 185 and passim).
N. Gonis, ‘Victor, bishop and his evasive see’, Journal of Juristic Papyrology 38 (2008), pp. 113-118 (p. 117).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 80.
F. Morelli, ‘‘Amr e Martina: la reggenza di un’imperatrice o l’amministrazione araba d’Egitto’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 173 (2010), pp. 136-157 (p. 142).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)