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Papyrus 253
- Record Id:
- 040-002104626
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003bd
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124894.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 253
- Title:
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Accounts from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 69 ro., SB VIII 9693 ro., P.Lond. II 259 ro. descr., TM 32682; P.Abinn. 69 vo., SB VIII 9693 vo., P.Lond. II 259 vo. descr., TM 32683)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (TM 32682): List of names in alphabetical order with amounts of wheat stated in artabas. The heading is lost.
Verso (TM 32683): Account of barley with heading, and, written the reverse way up, a list with names.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104626 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 253 : Accounts from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 69 ro., SB VIII 9693 ro., P.Lond. II 259 ro. descr., TM 32682; P.Abinn. 69 vo., SB… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0145]/040-002104626
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus broken off at the left (front) and with some surface damage throughout; writing runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears three columns; of the first, only the ends of few lines survive; the second has 29 lines, mostly complete; the third column has 30 lines, complete. Lower and upper margins survive above and below columns 2 and 3; the right margin is extant. A sheet-join runs along the height of the papyrus in the middle. On the back there are two columns, written in the right margin one below the other; the second was written the other way up in relation to the first. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124894.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- mid 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimesnions: 263 x 284 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 320 x 320 mm.
Script: Recto: Thin cursive hand of medium size, thicker in few places, slightly uneven. Verso: Somewhat rough upright cusive hand of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis, 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 March 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Abinn. 69 ro.
P.Abinn. 69 vo.
P.Lond. II 253 descr.
SB VIII 9693 ro.
SB VIII 9693 vo. - 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. 421.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xxiii, no. 253 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. 146-149, no. 69.
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. 25-27, no. 9693.
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.
R. S. Bagnall, ‘Military Officers as Landowners in Fourth Century Egypt’, Chiron 22 (1992), pp. 47-54 (pp. 49-51).
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)