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Papyrus 246
- Record Id:
- 040-002104619
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003b6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124482.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 246
- Title:
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Undertaking from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 61, P.Lond. II 246, TM 10053)
- Scope & Content:
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Aurelius Iulius of Dionysias undertakes to produce Ammonius, son of Soouk, of the village of Taurinou, whenever he is requested. The document is addressed to Flavius Abinnaeus. After some blank space there is the date and the undertaking is repeated. Paulus wrote on behalf of Iulius, who is illiterate.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104619 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 246 : Undertaking from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 61, P.Lond. II 246, TM 10053) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0712]/040-002104619
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fully preserved papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres. All margins are extant, the upper being slightly damaged. Vertical folds are visible. The blank space at the bottom measures 90 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124482.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0346
- End Date:
- 0346
- Date Range:
- 21 August 346
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 273 x 136 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 325 x 185 mm.
Script: Large and somewhat rough, upright hand, with several ligatured sequences.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Dionysias, meris of Themistos, 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. 61
P.Lond. II 246 - 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. 276-277 no. 246.
U. Wilcken, ‘Papyrus-Urkunden’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 1 (1901), pp. 122-177 (p. 164).
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. 124-125, no. 61.
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. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Known and Unknown Officials’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 106 (1995), pp. 203-234 (p. 233).
R. S. Bagnall, K. A. Worp, The Chronological Systems of Byzantine Egypt2 (Leiden: E.J. Brill 2004), p. 185, no. 346.
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)