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Papyrus 1245
- Record Id:
- 040-002104527
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000336
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464741.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1245
- Title:
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Receipt for Annona (P.Lond. III 1245, TM 22858)
- Scope & Content:
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Aurelius Heron, through his brother Phibion, Aurelius Philammon and Aurelius Hermes, councillors of Hermopolis and official distributors of provisions of Philae, acknowledge receipt of wine for the soldiers under the prefect Trajan.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104527 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1245 : Receipt for Annona (P.Lond. III 1245, TM 22858) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0065]/040-002104527
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with few small holes and some surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. 13 lines from the top of a column survive, and traces of another line at the bottom. Upper and side margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464741.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0357
- End Date:
- 0357
- Date Range:
- 357
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 183 x 204 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 230 x 255 mm.
Script: Cursive hand of fair size; with some enlarged letters, especially at the end of the lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1245
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 444.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 228, no. 1245, with pl. 73.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 290.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), pp. 90-91.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 187.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 141.
F. Mitthof, Annona militaris: die Heeresversorgung im spätantiken Ägypten: ein Beitrag zur Verwaltungs- und Heeresgeschichte des Römischen Reiches im 3. bis 6. Jh. n. Chr. (Firenze: Edizioni Gonnelli 2001), pp. 94, 103, 105, 479, 576, and passim.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), pp. 103-104.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aurelius Heron, councillor in Hermopolis; official distributor of provisions to military units (diadotes), 4th century
Aurelius Philammon, councillor in Hermopolis; official distributor of provisions to military units (diadotes), 4th century
Hermes, councillor in Hermopolis; official distributor of provisions to military units (diadotes), 4th century
Phibion, 4th century - Places:
- Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt.