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Papyrus 406
- Record Id:
- 040-002104777
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000017
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127481.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 406
- Title:
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Petition of Maria to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 56, P.Lond. II 406, Chrest.Mitt. 128, TM 10047)
- Scope & Content:
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A petition addressed to Flavius Abinnaeus from Aurelia Maria of Hermopolis, who complains that her parents’ inheritance has been seized and partly sold by her brother. Maria asks that her brother be compelled to return the property so that it may be divided equally.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104777 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 406 : Petition of Maria to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 56, P.Lond. II 406, Chrest.Mitt. 128, TM 10047) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0720]/040-002104777
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and left. Writing is on one side along the fibres. Portions of 15 lines are preserved, lacking c. 4 letters at the beginning; the last line is more fragmentary. The upper margin is preserved, the right is minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127481.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0346
- End Date:
- 0346
- Date Range:
- c. 346
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 143 x 114 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 190 x 165 mm.
Script: Thick cursive hand, the same of Papyri 241 (P.Abinn. 52), 407 (P.Abinn. 53), 414 (P.Abinn. 5), and of a Geneva papyrus published as P.Abinn. 57.
- 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 401-447 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 15 May 1893.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Mitt. 128
P.Abinn. 56
P.Lond. II 406 - 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. 444.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 280-281, no. 406.
L. Mitteis, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. Zweiter Band. Zweite Hälfte Chrestomathie (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 141-142, no. 128.
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. 116-117, no. 56.
C. Vandersleyen, ‘Reviewed Work: The Abinnaeus Archive. Papers of a Roman Officer in the Reign of Constantius II by H. I. Bell, V. Martin, E. G. Turner, D. van Berchem’, Latomus 22 (1963), pp. 887-890.
R. Rémondon, ‘Militaires et civils dans une campagne égyptienne au temps de Constance II’, Journal des Savants Année 1 (1965), pp. 132-143.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1969), p. 3.
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.
J.-U. Krause, Münchener Beiträge zur Papyrusforschung Heft 108: Gewalt und Kriminalität in der Spätantike (München: Beck 2014), p. 34.
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)