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Papyrus 1378
- Record Id:
- 040-003409555
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058197583.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058770621.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1378
- Title:
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Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1381, TM 19836)
- Scope & Content:
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Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, concerning the issue of fugitives moving from one pagarchy to another. Basilius does not seem to be doing much about this problem in his pagarchy. The dating clause is lost.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003409555 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1378 : Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1381, TM 19836) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0623]/040-003409555
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment from a papyrus roll, written on one side and broken at the top, with one line missing; approximately 10 letters are missing on the right-hand side; well preserved as to the rest. Housed in one glass frame and mounted on cardboard.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058770621.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0708
- End Date:
- 0710
- Date Range:
- 708-710
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 330 x 130 mm. Framed in one glass case measuring 385 x 180 mm.
Script: Cursive hand, sloping to the right and 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 1381
- 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. 54, no. 1381.
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. 378-379).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 64.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)