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Papyrus 1730
- Record Id:
- 040-002104560
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000369
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466076.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1730
- Title:
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Petition to a Strategus (P.Lond. V 1827, TM 33192)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragment of a petition from an inhabitant of a village of the Hermopolite nome to the strategus, enclosing the copy of a petition sent to the praeses of the Thebaid and concerning some duties imposed upon him despite his old age. A note was added by the strategus in the upper margin. Partly published.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104560 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1730 : Petition to a Strategus (P.Lond. V 1827, TM 33192) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0098]/040-002104560
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, mutilated at the edges and with holes and some surface damage in the preserved portion; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the top of a column, with no line being complete. The upper margin survives; no margin was left to the right. A sheet-join is visible at c. 40 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466076.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0325
- Date Range:
- early 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 143x 250 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 200 x 305 mm.
Script: Lines 1-6: Large, thin cursive hand with a slant to the right; line 7-end: Small, careful and neat upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1827
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 265-266, no. 1827.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 466.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)