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Papyrus 416
- Record Id:
- 040-002104787
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000ac
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127654.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 416
- Title:
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Letter of Sambas to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 16, P.Lond. II 417, Chrest.Wilck. 468, TM 10019)
- Scope & Content:
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Beginning of a letter from Sambas to Abinnaeus, who is being informed that the imperial notary is paying a visit on that day for the enrolment of the recruits.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104787 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 416 : Letter of Sambas to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 16, P.Lond. II 417, Chrest.Wilck. 468, TM 10019) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0731]/040-002104787
- 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. Writing runs on one side along the fibres, and eight lines are preserved. The surface is abraded in places. Upper and left margins survive, whereas no margin was left to the right. The back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127654.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0346
- End Date:
- 0346
- Date Range:
- c. 346
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 115 x 123 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 165 x 170 mm.
Script: Large, somewhat rough, cursive hand.
- 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:
- Chrest.Wilck. 468
P.Abinn. 17
P.Lond. II 416 - 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. 446.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 295-296, no. 416.
U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. I.II (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), p. 553, no. 468.
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. 61-62, no. 17.
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.
O. Montevecchi, La papirologia (Milano: Vita e Pensiero 1988), p. 259 no. 73.
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)