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Papyrus 1442
- Record Id:
- 040-002104456
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100015701547.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058108203.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1442
- Title:
- Papryus codex, imperfect, containing tax register from early Arab Egypt (P. Lond. IV 1419)
- Scope & Content:
- Papyrus codex, imperfect, containing tax register (with entries from Α-Σ) from early Arab Egypt (P. Lond. IV 1419). Primarily in Greek, though most place-names are in Coptic. The original binding and the protocol are preserved. Additional leaves from this codex, containg entries from Φ-Ω, are preserved in Berlin as P. Berol. inv. 25006.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Papyri Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104456 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1442 : Tax Register (P.Lond. IV 1419, TM 19869) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0574]/040-002104456
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 33 folios, and a number of fragments, now mounted in glass frames.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058108203.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Coptic
Greek, Ancient - Scripts:
- Coptic
Greek - Start Date:
- 0716
- End Date:
- 0717
- Date Range:
- 716-717
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Material: Papyrus.
Foliation: ff 33, and fragments.
Dimensions: Folios of 340 x 250mm, now housed in thirty-three glass cases measuring 395 x 305mm, and numerous fragments of various sizes, housed in three glass cases.
Ruling: No formal ruling, but writing space generally around 300 x 200mm.
Script: Byzantine minuscule cursive.
Binding: Original binding, with a flap, of red leather over papyrus boards, with patterns painted in black ink on both covers (though one cover, likely the front, is much defaced).
- Custodial History:
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Written at Aphrodito in 716-717 (Grohmann 1924). The protocol is that of 'Abd-al-Malik ibn Rifa'a, governor of Egypt in 715-717.
- Former External References:
- P. Lond. IV 1419
SB 20 15099
TM 19869 - Publications:
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Greek Papyri in the British Museum, Vol IV: The Aphrodito Papyri, ed. H. I. Bell, London 1910, pp. 166-230, no. 1419.
Corpus Papyrorum Raineri Archiducis Austriae III: Series Arabica, ed. A. Grohmann, Vol. I Part 2, Vienna 1924, pp. 62-63, no. 68.
G. D. Hobson, 'Some Early Bindings and Binders' Tools', The Library, 4th series, 19 (1938), pp. 202-249, pp. 203, 209, pl. 1. (Infra-red photograph of binding).
R. Rémondon, 'P. Hamb. 56 et P. Lond. 1419 (notes sur les finances d'Aphrodito du VIe siècle au VIIIe)', Chronique d'Égypte 40 (1965), pp. 401-430.
R. Pintaudi and P. J. Sijpesteijn, 'Testi dell'VIII sec. d.C. provenienti da Aphrodito', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 85 (1991), pp. 279-300.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)