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Papyrus 1384
- Record Id:
- 040-003355331
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100037762221.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058108199.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1384
- Title:
- Letter of Qurrah ibn Sharik to Basilios Pagarches of Aphrodito (P. Lond. IV 1391, P. Ross. Georg. IV 6, TM 20491)
- Scope & Content:
-
Recto: Letter of Qurrah ibn Sharik to Basilios Pagarches of Aphrodito ordering the recruitment of youths to be trained as ship carpenters and caulkers. The right hand side of the sheet is now kept at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg (inv. 13333f)
Verso: Endorsement (Qurrah ibn Sharik the governor to Basilius the pagarch of kome Aphrodito . . . of the eighth indiction for the . . . of craftsmen and caulkers).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003355331 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1384 : Letter of Qurrah ibn Sharik to Basilios Pagarches of Aphrodito (P. Lond. IV 1391, P. Ross. Georg. IV 6, TM 20491) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0808]/040-003355331
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Left half a long papyrus sheet, mounted in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058108199.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0710
- End Date:
- 0710
- Date Range:
- 710
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Material: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 100 x 860 mm, mounted in a glass case measuring 155 x 895 mm.
Script: An easy, flowing and very clear cursive hand, with many long strokes both above and below the level of the line, and many ligatures. Written across the fibres.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Egypt. Aphrodito.
Provenance: Found in Kom Ishgau (Aphrodito) in 1901. Purchased of the Reverend Chauncey Murch, 20 November, 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. IV 1391
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this papyrus at
- Publications:
-
Greek Papyri in the British Museum, vol. IV: The Aphrodito Papyri, (London: British Museum, 1910), p. 63-64. n. 1391.
Peter Jernstedt, Papyri russischer und georgischer Sammlungen. IV, Die Kome-Aphrodito Papyri der Sammlung Lichačov, (Tiflis: Universitaetslithographie 1927), p. 22-29. n. 6.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)