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Papyrus 1221
- Record Id:
- 040-002105326
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000d5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143122721.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1221
- Title:
- Census Declaration (P.Lond. III 1221, TM 11768)
- Scope & Content:
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Census declaration addressed to officials of the village of Theadelphia by Anchorimpheus, a worker of the same village. He declares the inhabitants of his household: himself, his wife and their child.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105326 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1221 : Census Declaration (P.Lond. III 1221, TM 11768) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0806]/040-002105326
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet with top, left and right margins preserved, incomplete at the bottom. Written on the recto along the fibres; verso is blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143122721.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0104
- End Date:
- 0105
- Date Range:
- 29 August 104 - 28 August 105
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 180 x 65 mm; mounted in a glass case measuring 240 x 125 mm.
Script: Practiced, semi-cursive hand employing abbreviations. The first 6 lines containing the names of the officials being addressed are separated by an empty line from the following part of the document.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Theadelphia, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Theadelphia, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1221
- 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. 444.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 24 no. 1221.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin–Leipzig: Verlag von Karl J. Trübner 1922), p. 274.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: Brill 1992), 187.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: Brill 1998), 105.
Metadata provided by the 2018 Heidelberg Research Webinar on BL Greek Papyri, funded by the MWK Baden-Württemberg and taught by R. Ast and L. Berkes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)