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Papyrus 1539
- Record Id:
- 040-002105318
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000c7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143122974.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1539
- Title:
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Delegation of the Duties of a Guardian (P.Oxy. IV 727, TM 20427)
- Scope & Content:
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Two brothers, Gaius Marcius Apion alias Diogenes and Gaius Marcius Apollinarius alias Iulianus, write to the archidikastes stating that they authorize Ophelas, agent of their properties in the Oxyrhynchite nome, to act as a guardian of their brother’s children and to conduct their business during their absence from Egypt. With dating clause and subscription at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105318 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1539 : Delegation of the Duties of a Guardian (P.Oxy. IV 727, TM 20427) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1005]/040-002105318
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, mutilated at the top in the upper margin and with holes throughout, especially along the folding lines; otherwise well preserved. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There is one column of 32 lines; left margin is extant, no margin was left to the right, the upper margin is lost and the blank at the bottom measures 120 mm. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. IV. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143122974.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0154
- End Date:
- 0154
- Date Range:
- 27 January 154
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 333 x 150 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 385 x 205mm.
Script: Neat and proficient thin upright cursive hand, regular and graceful; rapid cursive hand in the last line.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1523-1544 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in November 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Oxy. IV 727
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 310.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri IV (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1904), pp. 210-212, no. 727.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), pp. 96-97.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)