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Papyrus 800
- Record Id:
- 040-002105190
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000048
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463435.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 800
- Title:
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Letter of a Strategus (P.Oxy. II 291, P.Lond. III 800 descr., TM 20562)
- Scope & Content:
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A letter of Chaereas, strategus of the Oxyrhynchite nome, to Tyrannus, administrator, requesting him to write a list of arrears in wheat and money, the payment of which should be demanded, according to Severus’ instructions. He mentions that he will be visiting soon. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105190 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 800 : Letter of a Strategus (P.Oxy. II 291, P.Lond. III 800 descr., TM 20562) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0865]/040-002105190
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, light-brown by patches, complete but damaged by holes throughout and with some abrasion. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back having a one-line docket located at the bottom. The front has one column; all margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 75 mm. Modern annotations were made on either side; the number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463435.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0025
- End Date:
- 0026
- Date Range:
- 25-26
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 230 x 150 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 280 x 205 mm.
Script: Neat, thin, large and angular semi-cursive hand with a tendency to separate words; an addition above the line occurs; line-filler is used. Same hand as P.Oxy. II 292, now in Cambridge.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 739-834 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in October 1900. Of these, papyri 739-814 form part of the discoveries made by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt on the site of the ancient Oxyrhynchus.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 800 descr.
P.Oxy. II 291 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 440.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri II (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1899), pp. 290-291, no. 291.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxxvi, no. 800 descr.
J. E. G. Whitehorne, ‘A Checklist of Oxyrhynchite Strategi’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 29 (1978), pp. 167-189 (p. 169).
J. L. White, Light from Ancient Letters (Philadelphia: Fortress Press 1986), no. 80.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)