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Papyrus 411
- Record Id:
- 040-002104782
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00007f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127566.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 411
- Title:
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Petition of Demetrius to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 28, P.Lond. II 411, TM 10025)
- Scope & Content:
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A petition to Abinnaeus from Demetrius, assistant of a certain Ision, who is complaining about the behaviour of Athenodorus, one of Abinnaeus’ soldier. Athenodorus is accused of assault against Demetrius while the latter was about to collect the corn at Ibion; the soldier also keeps going drunk into the fields, terrorizing the village. Demetrius asks for justice to be made by Abinnaeus, before he informs other people.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104782 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 411 : Petition of Demetrius to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 28, P.Lond. II 411, TM 10025) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0725]/040-002104782
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, somewhat defaced in places, especially in the upper part of the sheet, and damaged at the bottom. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Left, upper and right margins are extant, the right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127566.0x000001 (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: 254 x 98 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 305 x 150 mm.
Script: Upright cursive hand of medium size.
- 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 401-447 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 15 May 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Abinn. 28
P.Lond. II 411 - 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. 445.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 281-282, no. 411.
U. Wilcken, ‘Papyrus-Urkunden’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 1 (1901), pp. 122-177 (p. 163).
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. 76-77, no. 28.
R. Rémondon, ‘Militaires et civils dans une campagne égyptienne au temps de Constance II’, Journal des Savants Année 1 (1965), pp. 132-143.
T. D. Barnes, ‘The Career of Abinnaeus’, Phoenix 39 (1985), pp. 368-374.
J.-M. Carrié, 'L'esercito: trasformazioni funzionali ed economie locali', in A. Giardina (ed.), Società romana e impero tardoantico (Roma: Laterza 1986), pp. 450-488 (p. 462).
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. 47-5 (p. 51).
Ph. Sabin, H. van Wees, M.Whitby, M.l J. Whitby, The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), Volume 2, p. 428.
D. Rathbone, ‘Villages and Patronage in Fourth-Century Egypt: The Case of P.Ross.Georg. 3.8’, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 45 (2008), pp. 189-207 (p. 198).
J. Harries, Imperial Rome AD 284 to 363: The New Empire (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 2012), p. 63.
J.-U. Krause, Münchener Beiträge zur Papyrusforschung Heft 108: Gewalt und Kriminalität in der Spätantike (München: Beck 2014), p. 18.
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)