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Papyrus 452
- Record Id:
- 040-002104823
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000148
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128118.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 452
- Title:
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Census Declarations (P.Lond. II 452 ro., TM 11748), and Letter (P.Lond. II 452 vo. descr., TM 31219)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Lond. II 452 ro, TM 11748): Two fragmentary extracts from census declarations, presumably being the official statement of priestly status. Dated around April 217.
(P.Lond. II 452 vo descr., TM 31219): A private letter, referring to some aruras of land; the village of Boubastos is mentioned. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104823 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 452 : Census Declarations (P.Lond. II 452 ro., TM 11748), and Letter (P.Lond. II 452 vo. descr., TM 31219) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0321]/040-002104823
- 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 left (front), mutilated at the bottom and with surface damage throughout. There are white residues on both sides. Writing runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back.
The front bears portions of ten lines, lacking the beginning, with further lines in the missing portion. The upper margin is preserved, no margin was left to the right and the lower margin survives to 35 mm.
The back, rotated 180 degrees, preserves part of the foot of a column, with portions of 11 lines lacking the beginnings. The lower margin is extant, and no margin was left to the right.
The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128118.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 200 x 125 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 255 x 180 mm.
Script: Recto: Proficient and thin sloping cursive hand; Verso: Upright, somewhat rough hand of fair size, with the last line being more cursive and somewhat smaller.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Recto: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides (?), Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Verso: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 450-464 and Coptic papyri from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) in March 1893 and transferred with Papyri 450-458 from the Oriental Department of the British Museum in November 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 452 ro.
P.Lond. II 452 vo. 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. 450.
Recto
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 65, no. 452 ro.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 245.
M. H. de Kat Eliassen, ‘List of royal scribes of the Arsinoites in the Roman period’, Symbolae Osloenses 55 (1980), pp. 95-110 (p. 102).
R. S. Bagnall, ‘Notes on Egyptian Census Declarations, III’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 28 (1991), pp. 121-133 (pp. 123-124).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), pp. 178-179.
R. S. Bagnall, B. W. Frier, The Demography of Roman Egypt (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1994), pp. 289, 296.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 99.
T. Kruse, Der Königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung 1 (München- Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2002), pp. 72-73, n. 24.
C. Homoth-Kuhs, Phylakes und Phylakon-Steuer im griechisch-römischen Ägypten: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des antiken Sicherheitswesens (München: Saur 2005), p. 37, n. 118.
Verso
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xl, no. 452 verso descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)