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Papyrus 430
- Record Id:
- 040-002104801
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000e2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127893.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 430
- Title:
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Accounts from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 77, SB VIII 9695, TM 32686)
- Scope & Content:
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One fragment on the left: Remains of an account with names and sums of money.
Two fragments on the right: Fragmentary columns from an account with names and amounts of corn. Some of the men listed are military. Another portion of this account is contained in Papyrus 434.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104801 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 430 : Accounts from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 77, SB VIII 9695, TM 32686) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0299]/040-002104801
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Three fragments of varying size, with writing on one side, across the fibres in the left fragment and along them in the right ones. The right fragments are part of the same text as Papyrus 434, but they do not join. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127893.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0340
- End Date:
- 0360
- Date Range:
- mid 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size; Fragment 1: 247 x 62 mm; fragment 2: 250 x 113 mm; fragments 3: 47 x 14 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 300 x 230 mm.
Script: Left fragment: Upright cursive hand; Right fragments: Same hand as Papyrus 434 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. 77
P.Lond. II 430 descr.
SB VIII 9695 - 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. 447.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xxxviii, no. 430.
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. 158-159, no. 77.
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), pp. 29-30, no. 9695.
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. Zuckerman, ‘Two reforms of the 370s: recruiting soldiers and senators in the divided Empire’, Revue des études byzantines 56 (1998), pp. 79-139 (p. 84).
F. Mitthof, A. Papathomas, ‘Öl für Kataphraktarier und Maurer: Zwei neue Lieferanweisungen Theons an Sambas’, Analecta Papyrologica 26 (20014), pp. 203-214 (p. 208).
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)
- Places:
- Dionysias (Qasr Qarun), meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza), Egypt - Related Material:
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The papyrus belongs to the Archive of Abinnaeus, commander of the fortress at Dionysias (TM Arch ID 1). Another portion of the account preserved by the fragments on the right-hand side of the frame is contained in Papyrus 434.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Papyrus 434