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Papyrus 239
- Record Id:
- 040-002104612
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003af
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124181.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 239
- Title:
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Letter of Thareotes to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 31, P.Lond. II 239, TM 10028)
- Scope & Content:
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A letter to Abinnaeus from Tharaotes, who recommends his nephew to his attention and mentions that he has dispatched some articles such as quails and fish paste. He also announces a visit in Phamenoth (March), asking that the hempen cords shall be ready so that the huntsmen coming with him will be able to make nets. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104612 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 239 : Letter of Thareotes to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 31, P.Lond. II 239, TM 10028) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0704]/040-002104612
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, fully preserved although the bottom lacks part of the layer of horizontal fibres. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back having a one-line docket. Left and bottom margins are extant, whereas no margin was left at the bottom and right. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124181.0x000001 (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: 257 x 160 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 305 x 205 mm.
Script: Rather large cursive hand. Nomen sacrum contracted.
- 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. 31
P.Lond. II 239 - 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), pp. 296-297, no. 239.
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. 81-83, no. 31.
R. Rémondon, ‘Militaires et civils dans une campagne égyptienne au temps de Constance II’, Journal des Savants Année 1 (1965), pp. 132-143.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1969), p. 2.
E. Seidl, Rechtsgeschichte Ägyptens als römischer Provinz (Sankt Augustin: H. Richarz 1973), p. 69, no. 2.7.
J. R. Martindale, ‘Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Addenda et Corrigenda to Volume I’, Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte 23 (1974), pp. 246-252 (p. 246).
T. D. Barnes, ‘The Career of Abinnaeus’, Phoenix 39 (1985), pp. 368-374.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 2.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 1.
O. Montevecchi, La papirologia (Milano: Vita e Pensiero 1988), p. 259 no. 73.
C. Gallazzi, ‘Dove è stato ritrovato l’archivio di Abinneo?’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 61 (2015), pp. 170-179.
I. Bonati, Il lessico dei vasi e dei contenitori greci nei papiri: Specimina per un repertorio lessicale degli angionimi greci (Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter 2016), pp. 43-44, and passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)