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Papyrus 379
- Record Id:
- 040-002104752
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00004d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127222.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 379
- Title:
-
Order to Village Officials (P.Lond. II 379, TM 31215)
- Scope & Content:
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A short order addressed to the village chief of the police (archephodus) and the elders of Herakleia, who are instructed not to hassle a certain Akiaris. The sender is not named. With the original clay seal.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104752 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 379 : Order to Village Officials (P.Lond. II 379, TM 31215) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0271]/040-002104752
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Small and complete papyrus, slightly damaged along the right edge and some of the horizontal folds; it is written on one side along the fibres, the back having some dark spots and possible traces of ink. The text on the front is complete and occupies less than a third of the sheet. Further traces are visible at the bottom, near the right edge. All margins are extant, the side ones being minimal; the blank space at the bottom measures 90 mm. A trace of ink is visible at the bottom. The original clay seal with the string of papyrus used to keep the sheet rolled up are preserved. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127222.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0001
- End Date:
- 0099
- Date Range:
- 1st century?
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
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Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus; Clay.
Dimensions: 138 x 74 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 195 x 125 mm.
Script: Thin, large, irregular detached hand, with few ligatured letters.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Herakleia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 272-400 from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) on 11 April 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 379
- 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. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 162, no. 379.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 256.
P. Schubert, ‘Warrants: some further considerations on their typology’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 55 (2018), pp. 253-274 (pp. 263, 269).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)