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Papyrus 820
- Record Id:
- 040-002105211
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000068
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469352.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 820
- Title:
- Order from the centurion Domitius Annianus (P.Fay. 38, ChLA III 207, TM 28607)
- Scope & Content:
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In this short order, formulated as a letter in Greek, the centurion Domitius Annianus addresses the ‘elders’ and ‘public officials’ (presbyteroi and demosioi) of the village of Taurinos, close to Euhemeria in the Fayum, ordering them to keep the service of guard (paraphylake) they were currently performing. At the bottom of the sheet, the centurion himself – or another scribe – adds a Latin dating formula (III K(alendas) Apriles). Dated 30 May.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105211 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 820 : Order from the centurion Domitius Annianus (P.Fay. 38, ChLA III 207, TM 28607) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1171]/040-002105211
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment from a papyrus sheet. The document is written on the recto, along the fibres. There is one column of 10 lines. The verso is blank. The bay-brown papyrus preserves the right (10 mm), and the upper (10 mm) margins. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469352.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- late 2nd century- early 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 122 x 102 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 170 x 155 mm.
Script: The script is a small and clear Greek semi-cursive. Rough breathings occur twice. The Latin date, perhaps added by a second hand (the centurion’s?) is in a regular old Roman cursive, with ligatures.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt; excavations in the Fayum led by D. G. Hogarth, B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt in 1895–6 and 1898–9. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 739-834 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in October 1900.
- Former External References:
- CPL Annexe 26
ChLA III 207
P.Fay. 38 - 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.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, D. G. Hogarth, Fayum Towns and their Papyri (London: Egypt Exploration Society 1900), p. 154, no. 38.
F. G. Kenyon, H. I. Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum vol. 3 (London: 1907), p. XXXVII no. 820.
R. Cavenaile, Corpus papyrorum Latinarum (CPL) (Wiesbaden: 1958) Annexe 26.
R. Marichal, Chartae Latinae Antiquiores. Facsimile-Edition of the Latin Charters, III Great Britain 1 (Lausanne: Urs Graf 1963), pp. 89-90, no. 209.
S. Daris, Documenti per la storia dell’esercito romano in Egitto (Milano: 1964) no. 70.
Metadata provided by the PLATINUM project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement nº 636983), University of Naples 'Federico II’, and by the project 'Latin Relics in a Greek East' (LAREGRE), Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship (project no. 895634), UNIBO-UCBerkeley
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)