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Papyrus 238
- Record Id:
- 040-002104611
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003ae
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124168.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 238
- Title:
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Petition to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 50, P.Lond. II 238 descr., SB VIII 9690, TM 10041)
- Scope & Content:
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A petition to Flavius Abinnaeus from Aurelius Anteus of Narmouthis, who, in order to pay taxes on a plot of land, had farmed land in another village in partnership with a certain Aion. The latter, however, appropriated the petitioner’s share of grain and carried off some corn from other land. Anteus asks that Aion be brought before Abinnaeus and that his property be restored.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104611 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 238 : Petition to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 50, P.Lond. II 238 descr., SB VIII 9690, TM 10041) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0703]/040-002104611
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, complete but damaged by a few holes and defaced, especially in the left half. Writing is on one side along the fibres. All margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124168.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0346
- End Date:
- 0346
- Date Range:
- 30 July 346
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 262 x 196 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 305 x 255 mm.
Script: Rough cursive hand of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Narmouthis, meris of Polemon, 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. 50
P.Lond. II 238 descr.
SB VIII 9690 - 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. 414.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. XXII, no. 238 descr.
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. 73-75, no. 26.
R. Rémondon, ‘Militaires et civils dans une campagne égyptienne au temps de Constance II’, Journal des Savants Année 1 (1965), pp. 132-143.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1967), pp. 23-24, no. 9690.
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.
E. Mathieson, ‘Insolent Women’, in S. R. Llewelyn, J. R. Harrison (eds.), New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity. Vol. 10: A Review of the Greek Inscriptions and Papyri Published in 1988 and 1992 (North Ryde, N.S.W.: Ancient History Documentary Research Centre, Macquarie University 1994), pp. 119-122 (p. 121).
C. Gallazzi, ‘Dove è stato ritrovato l’archivio di Abinneo?’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 61 (2015), pp. 170-179.
B. Palme, ‘Eingabe an Militärs im spätantiken Ägypten’, in R. Haensch, F. Hurlet et al. (eds.), Recht haben und Recht bekommen im Imperium romanum: das Gerichtswesen der römischen Kaiserzeit und seine dokumentarische Evidenz: ausgewählte Beiträge einer Serie von drei Konferenzen an der Villa Vigoni in den Jahren 2010 bis 2012 (Warschau: The Raphael Taubenschlag Foundation 2016), pp. 457-482 (p. 469).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)