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Papyrus 247
- Record Id:
- 040-002104620
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003b7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124586.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 247
- Title:
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Account from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 81, P.Lond. II 247, TM 10066)
- Scope & Content:
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Part of an account, listing articles of clothing such as tunics, Babylonian hides and a Dalmatian cloak. The entries are followed by the respective prices. The sum owed by Abinnaeus is provided. Some lines at the beginning were washed out.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104620 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 247 : Account from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 81, P.Lond. II 247, TM 10066) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0711]/040-002104620
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, fully preserved, although defaced in places. Writing is on one side along the fibres; a few lines at the beginning were washed out. 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_100143124586.0x000001 (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: 276 x 170 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 345 x 220 mm.
Script: Good-sized 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. 81
P.Lond. II 247 - 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. 306-307, no. 247.
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), p. 164, no. 81.
R. Rémondon, ‘Militaires et civils dans une campagne égyptienne au temps de Constance II’, Journal des Savants Année 1 (1965), pp. 132-143.
D. Sperber, ‘Costs of Living in Roman Palestine: III’, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 11 (1968), pp. 233-274 (p. 272).
E. Seidl, Rechtsgeschichte Ägyptens als römischer Provinz (Sankt Augustin: H. Richarz 1973), p. 69, no. 2.7.
D. Sperber, ‘Objects of Trade between Palestine and Egypt in Roman Times’, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 19 (1976), pp. 113-147 (p. 139).
R. S. Bagnall, P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Currency in the Fourth Century and the Date of CPR V 26’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 24 (1977), pp. 111-124 (p. 117).
T. D. Barnes, ‘The Career of Abinnaeus’, Phoenix 39 (1985), pp. 368-374.
G. Husson, ‘[βίλλα] est-il attesté dans le P.Lond.inv.2148?’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 61 (1985), pp. 63-67 (p. 64).
R. S. Bagnall, Currency and inflation in fourth century Egypt (Chico, CA.: Scholars Press 1985), pp. 69-70.
O. Montevecchi, La papirologia (Milano: Vita e Pensiero 1988), p. 259 no. 73.
S. Russo, I gioielli nei papiri di età greco-romana (Firenze: Istituto papirologico G. Vitelli 1999), pp. 14-15.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), pp. 2-3.
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)