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Papyrus 2437
- Record Id:
- 040-002105469
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00015d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124231.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2437
- Title:
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Military Requisitions (P.Oxy. X 1253, TM 33634)
- Scope & Content:
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An official report to inform a prefect whose name is lost as to some requisitions that had been made at Oxyrhynchus by military officers on account of travelling expenses. These were mostly money payments, but in one case rugs were supplied.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105469 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2437 : Military Requisitions (P.Oxy. X 1253, TM 33634) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1241]/040-002105469
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Almost fully-preserved papyrus sheet, broken at the bottom and damaged in the upper portion, especially in the left-hand edge. Vertical folds are visible. The text runs along the fibres and the back is blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124231.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- 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: 255 x 269 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 300 x 320 mm.
Script: Practised cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 2435-2485 by the Egypt Exploration Society on 18 July 1922.
- Former External References:
- P.Oxy. X 1253
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 366.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri X (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1914), pp. 168-169, no. 1253.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 136.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 184.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)