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Papyrus 244
- Record Id:
- 040-002104617
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003b4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124264.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 244
- Title:
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Letter of Apollos to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 22, P.Lond. II 244, SB VI 9023, TM 10022)
- Scope & Content:
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A letter to Abinnaeus from Apollos, who has reached Alexandria as per Abinnaeus’ instructions and reports on matters concerning a house of Abinnaeus there. He quotes the amounts that a certain Isas has collected from the tenant as rent for the house and states that he encloses receipt and account for the house and loaves. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104617 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 244 : Letter of Apollos to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 22, P.Lond. II 244, SB VI 9023, TM 10022) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0709]/040-002104617
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, fully preserved, written on both sides along the fibres. The front side is defaced in places, especially along the vertical folds. The left margin measures 13-20 mm, the upper 17 mm, and no margin was left at the bottom and right. The back contains a two-line docket with a figure. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124264.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0351
- End Date:
- 0351
- Date Range:
- after 351
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 247 x 133 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 295 x 180 mm.
Script: Large semi-cursive hand, with a tendency to become more cursive towards the end.
- 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:
- P.Abinn. 22
P.Lond. II 244 - 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. 415.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 303-304, no. 244.
U. Wilcken, ‘Papyrus-Urkunden’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 1 (1901), pp. 122-177 (p. 164).
V. Martin, D. van Berchem, ‘Le "Panis Aedium" d'Alexandrie’, Revue de Philologie, de Littérature et d'Histoire Anciennes 16 (1942), pp. 5-21.
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. 67-69, no. 22.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band VI (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1958), pp. 36-37, no. 9023.
M. Karres, ‘A propos du P.Abinnaeus 22’, Aegyptus 45 (1965), pp. 165-170.
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.
R. Rémondon, ‘Un papyrus inedit des archives d'Abinnaeus (P. Berlin inv. 11624’, Journal of Juristic Papyrology 18 (1974), pp. 33-37 (p. 34).
R. S. Bagnall, Currency and inflation in fourth century Egypt (Chico, CA.: Scholars Press 1985), p. 71.
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.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 1.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 2.
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)