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Papyrus 432
- Record Id:
- 040-002104803
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000e4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127926.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 432
- Title:
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Account from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 70, P.Lond. II 432, TM 10059)
- Scope & Content:
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A list headed ‘corn’, with names and amounts stated in artabas. Talents occur in the last two lines.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104803 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 432 : Account from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 70, P.Lond. II 432, TM 10059) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0301]/040-002104803
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Light-brown sheet of papyrus, fully preserved although slightly damaged at the bottom and with a very few holes. The text is complete and runs along the fibres on one side, with the back being blank. All margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 170 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127926.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0350
- End Date:
- 0350
- Date Range:
- mid 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 260 x 76 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 320 x 125 mm.
Script: Thick and rapid cursive hand of small size.
- 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:
- P.Abinn. 70
P.Lond. II 432 - 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. 316, no. 432.
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. 149-150, no. 70.
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.
A. Chastagnol, I. Tantillo, Aspects de l'antiquité tardive (Rome: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider 1994), pp. 361-362.
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)
- Names:
- Abinnaeus, Flavius, Præfectus Castrorum at Dionysias, in Egypt, 325-375
- Places:
- Dionysias (Qasr Qarun), meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
Hermopolis, 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). Some of the names occur in two other papyri from the Abinnaeus Archive, namely Papyrus 435 (P.Abinn. 73), and Papyrus 477 verso (P.Abinn. 78).