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Papyrus 235
- Record Id:
- 040-002104608
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000397
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124138.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 235
- Title:
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Report from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 29, P.Lond. II 235, TM 10026)
- Scope & Content:
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Letter to Abinnaeus from Eulogius, a military officer, who reports that a superintendent responsible for the collection of corn dues had been arrested and taken away because of the corn quota collected. Eulogius expects to bring him to the camp at Dionysias in two days. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104608 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 235 : Report from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 29, P.Lond. II 235, TM 10026) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0699]/040-002104608
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fully preserved papyrus sheet, written on both sides along the fibres, the back having a one-line docket. The surface is somewhat abraded on the right-hand portion of the sheet. On the front upper, lower and left margins are extant; no margin was left on the right. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124138.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0346
- End Date:
- 0346
- Date Range:
- c. 346
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 272 x 110 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 320 x 165 mm.
Script: Upright cursive hand. - Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, 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:
- P.Abinn. 29
P.Lond. II 235 - 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. 289-290, no. 235, with pl. 97.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, ‘Corrections to Kenyon's Catalogue of Brit. Mus. Papyri (II.)’, The Classical Review 12 (1898), pp. 434-436 (p. 436).
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. 78-79, no. 29.
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.
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.
P. W. Pestman, Familiearchieven uit het land van Pharao (Zutphen: Terra 1989), pp. 134-137.
J.-U. Krause, Gefängnisse im Römischen Reich (Stuttgart: F. Steiner 1996), p. 168.
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)