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Papyrus 421
- Record Id:
- 040-002104792
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000b9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127756.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 421
- Title:
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Receipts (P.Lond. II 421r. descr. TM 91815) and Fragment of a Letter (P.Abinn. 40, P.Lond. II 421v., TM 16867)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto: Receipts in two columns, dated in 322. Unpublished.
Verso (P.Abinn. 40): End of a letter, in which it is requested that someone be compelled to contribute to the mooring fees for a ship and that something be fetched from the village of Taurinou. Details are unclear due to the portion lacking.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104792 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 421 : Receipts (P.Lond. II 421r. descr. TM 91815) and Fragment of a Letter (P.Abinn. 40, P.Lond. II 421v., TM 16867) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0736]/040-002104792
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet made out of two separate fragments roughly joined; the join is visible at c. 67 mm from the left edge of the recto. Both sides bear writing, with the text running along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso. The recto has remains of two columns in different hands: of the first, only the ends of the lines survive, whereas of the second the beginnings of the lines remain. The verso contains the end of one column. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127756.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0322
- End Date:
- 0322
- Date Range:
- 322
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 180 x 135 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 230 x 180 mm.
Script: Various hands: on the recto, small rapid cursive hand in column 1, and thinner and more large cursive hand, less rough, in column 2; on the verso large, thin, upright 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:
- P.Abinn. 40
P.Lond. II 421 descr. - 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), p. xxxviii, no. 421 descr.
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. 94-95, no. 40.
R. Rémondon, ‘Militaires et civils dans une campagne égyptienne au temps de Constance II’, Journal des Savants Année 1 (1965), pp. 132-143.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1967), p. 22, no. 9687.
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)