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Papyrus 1750-1751
- Record Id:
- 040-003392601
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100054093433.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058770806.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1750-1751
- Title:
- Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1404, TM 19852)
- Scope & Content:
-
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, concerning arrears of corn-supply for the military. At the bottom is an account of the corn. The papyrus belongs to the archive of Basilius.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003392601 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1750-1751 : Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1404, TM 19852) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0582]/040-003392601
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragments of a papyrus roll, written on one side; previously housed separately as Papyrus 1750 and Papyrus 1751 and currently mounted in one glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058770806.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0709
- End Date:
- 0714
- Date Range:
- 709-714
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 550 x 215 mm. Mounted in a glass frame measuring 635 x 255 mm.
Script: Rapid cursive, rich in ligatures, with letters extending below and above the writing line and sloping to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. IV 1404
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum IV. The Aphrodito Papyri (London: British Museum 1910), pp. 75-76.
H. I. Bell, ‘Translations of the Greek Aphrodito Papyri in the British Museum (Continued), Der Islam: Journal of the History and Culture of the Middle East 2 (1911), pp. 372-384 (pp. 383-384).
P. J. Sijpesteijn, 'Miete eines Hofes und einer Scheune mit Zubehör', Chronique d'Egypte 68 (1993), pp. 160-167 (p. 165).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden; E.J. Brill 1998), p. 106.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)