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Papyrus 454
- Record Id:
- 040-002104825
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00015a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128153.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 454
- Title:
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Order to Supply (P.Abinn. 39, P.Lond. II 454a, TM 32677), and Fragment of a Document (P.Lond. II 454b, TM 33210)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper fragment (a) (P.Abinn. 39, P.Lond. II 454a, TM 32677): Order from Ammonius and Abrinicus to Zakaon, baker of white bread, to supply some articles to the praepositus at Dionysias. The papyrus belongs to the archive of Abinnaeus.
On the back there are four lines of an account.
Lower fragment (b) (P.Lond. II 454b, TM 33210): Beginning of a document, concerning land and mentioning a certain Isidorus son of Isidorus.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104825 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 454 : Order to Supply (P.Abinn. 39, P.Lond. II 454a, TM 32677), and Fragment of a Document (P.Lond. II 454b, TM 33210) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0323]/040-002104825
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two fragments that do not belong together, housed in a glass case.
Upper fragment (a): Upper portion of a sheet of papyrus, broken off at the bottom, written on both sides, along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso. On the recto, four lines survive; upper, right and left margins are extant, with the right being minimal. On the verso are four lines in a different hand; the surface is damaged.
Lower fragment (b): Fragment of a light-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and left; writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; the ends of seven lines survive. Upper and right margins are extant. The surface is somewhat abraded in places and there are a few wormholes.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128153.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 69 x 75 mm; B: 112 x 83 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 255 x 140 mm.
Script: A: Recto: Cursive hand, somewhat irregular; Verso: Small cursive hand. B: Sloping semi-cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B: Athribite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: A: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, or Dionysias, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 450-458 and Coptic papyri from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) in March 1893 and transferred from the Oriental Department of the British Museum in November 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Abinn. 39
P.Lond. II 454a
P.Lond. II 454b - 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.
A
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 320, no. 454a.
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), p. 94, no. 39.
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.
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 320, no. 454b.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 269.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)