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Papyrus 231
- Record Id:
- 040-002104604
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000393
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124096.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 231
- Title:
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Letter from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 9, Chrest.Wilck. 322, P.Lond. II 231 descr., TM 16866)
- Scope & Content:
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Letter to Abinnaeus from Demetrius, reiterating the request to seize all natron imported in Arsinoe or elsewhere, which had been made in an earlier communication. Abinnaeus should keep guard over the natron of the treasury, detain the people whom he might catch, and inform Demetrius. With address on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104604 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 231 : Letter from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 9, Chrest.Wilck. 322, P.Lond. II 231 descr., TM 16866) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1000]/040-002104604
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet of lighter colour in the upper part, torn at the top (front) but otherwise well preserved; writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back bearing two lines. On the front there is one column of 20 lines, the first of which is mutilated. Lines 17-19 are written in the right margin, and line 20 almost in the middle of the sheet, after some blank space. Left and lower margins are extant; the right margin is minimal and the upper margin is damaged. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124096.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0346
- End Date:
- 0346
- Date Range:
- c. 346
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimesnions: 302 x 200 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 345 x 240 mm.
Script: Thin and large cursive hand, neat and proficient. The last line containing the greetings is smaller and uneven.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Alexandria, Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, or Dionysias, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 229-255 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 14 January 1893.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Wilck. 322
P.Abinn. 9
P.Lond. II 231
Sel.Pap. II 428 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 413.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 284-285, no. 231, with pl. 94.
U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. I.II (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 379-380, no. 322.
A. S. Hunt, C. C. Edgar, Select papyri. Vol. 2, Non-Literary Papyri, Public Documents (London: W. Heinemann 1932), pp. 584-587, no. 428.
H. I. Bell, V. Martin, E. G. Turner, D. van Berchem, The Abinnaeus Archive. Papers of a Roman Officer in the Reign of Constantius II (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1962), pp. 50-51, no. 9.
R. Rémondon, ‘Militaires et civils dans une campagne égyptienne au temps de Constance II’, Journal des Savants Année 1 (1965), pp. 132-143.
E. Seidl, Rechtsgeschichte Ägyptens als römischer Provinz (Sankt Augustin: H. Richarz 1973), p. 69, no. 2.7.
B. G. Mandilaras, Papyroi kai papyrologia (Athens: 1980), p. 195, n. 62; (1994), p. 411, no. 64.
T. D. Barnes, ‘The Career of Abinnaeus’, Phoenix 39 (1985), pp. 368-374.
O. Montevecchi, La papirologia (Milano: Vita e Pensiero 1988), p. 259 no. 73.
R. S. Bagnall, ‘Military Officers as Landowners in Fourth Century Egypt’, Chiron 22 (1992), pp. 47-54 (pp. 49-51).
C. Gallazzi, ‘Dove è stato ritrovato l’archivio di Abinneo?’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 61 (2015), pp. 170-179.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)