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Papyrus 384
- Record Id:
- 040-002104757
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000056
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468656.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 384
- Title:
- Petition to the Prefect of Egypt (P.Lond. II 384, P.Vet. Aelii 10, ChLA III 201, TM 31217)
- Scope & Content:
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Portion of a Greek petition issued by the veteran Aelius Syrion to an unnamed prefect of Egypt, in which he complains about misdeeds and fraud in some commercial transactions concerning oil and wheat. At the top of the document, there are remains remains of a Latin text, perhaps the prefect’s answer; at the bottom, the prefect’s subscription in Latin (l. 35, recogno[u]i).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104757 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 384 : Petition to the Prefect of Egypt (P.Lond. II 384, P.Vet. Aelii 10, ChLA III 201, TM 31217) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0276]/040-002104757
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment from a papyrus roll. The document is written on the recto, along the fibres; portions of one column, 35 lines. The verso is blank. The top margin is lost. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468656.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 0222
- End Date:
- 0255
- Date Range:
- 222-255
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 265 x 221 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 320 x 255 mm.
Script: The script is a small and clear Greek semi-cursive. The little visible Latin is drafted in a competent old Roman cursive, full of ligatures.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Ankyropolis, Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis, Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis, 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:
- CPL 180
ChLA III 201
P.Lond. II 384
P.Vet. Aelii 10 - 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. 442.
F. G. Keynon, Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum, 1898), p. xxxvi, no. 384 descr.
R. Marichal, Chartae Latinae Antiquiores. Facsimile-Edition of the Latin Charters, III Great Britain 1 (Lausanne: Urs Graf 1963), pp. 73–5, no. 201.
S. Daris, Documenti per la storia dell’esercito romano in Egitto (Milano: 1964), no. 106.
P. Sänger, Veteranen unter den Severern und frühen Soldatenkaisern: Die Dokumentensammlungen der Veteranen Aelius Sarapammon und Aelius Syrion (Stuttgart: 2011).
Metadata provided by the PLATINUM project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement nº 636983), University of Naples 'Federico II’, and by the project 'Latin Relics in a Greek East' (LAREGRE), Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship (project no. 895634), UNIBO-UCBerkeley
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)