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Papyrus 1375
- Record Id:
- 040-003397878
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100056415002.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058770591.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1375
- Title:
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Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1379, TM 19834)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragment of an official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito: Basilius is ordered to send six solidi for the supply of three men who are employed in the building of a barn in Fustat. Dated to the 9th indiction, Pauni 1.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003397878 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1375 : Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1379, TM 19834) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0615]/040-003397878
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus roll, broken at the bottom and with a few letters missing mostly on the left-hand side; with the docket on the verso, one line being written the other way up.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058770591.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0710
- End Date:
- 0710
- Date Range:
- 26 May 710
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 350 x 205 mm. Framed in a glass case measuring 410 x 255 mm.
Script: Cursive hand, sloping to the right, with letters extending below and above the writing line.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite 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. IV 1379
- 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. 445.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum IV. The Aphrodito Papyri ( London: British Museum 1910), p. 52, no. 1379.
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. 377-378).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1913), p. 301.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 64.
F. Morelli, Olio e retribuzioni nell’Egitto tardo (V – VIII d. C.) (Firenze: Istituto papirologico "G.Vitelli" 1996), pp. 100-113.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E.J. Brill 2002), p. 114.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)