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Papyrus 1371
- Record Id:
- 040-003410817
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100059111994.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143122811.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1371
- Title:
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Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1375, TM 19831)
- Scope & Content:
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Letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, the recipient being in lacuna. A substantial sum of money (over 166 nomismata) has to be supplied for the expenses of the Governor’s household, which includes Arab and Christian members. The letter is dated to the 9th indiction, Pachon 6, and gives details of the expenditures, naming items such as sheep, oil, vegetables, poultry, wine, wood et al.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003410817 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1371 : Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1375, TM 19831) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0632]/040-003410817
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two fragments of different sizes from a papyrus roll, with presumably one line, fully lost, between them; the smaller fragment preserves one Arabic line and remains of one Greek line; the larger fragment is well preserved, with the exception of the first line, of which only traces remain. Written on one side, mounted on cardboard and housed in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143122811.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Greek, Ancient - Scripts:
- Arabic
Greek - Start Date:
- 0710
- End Date:
- 0710
- Date Range:
- 1 May 710
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Upper fragment: 50 x 205 mm; Lower fragment: 415 x 210. Framed in one glass case measuring 540 x 260 mm.
Script: Cursive hand, sloping to the right and with letters extending below and above the writing line; the list at the end is in a smaller hand.
- 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 1375
- Information About Copies:
- Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/.
- 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), pp. 48-49, no. 1375.
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 (p. 376).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 64.
Ph. Mayerson, ‘An Additional Note on ‘Ρουζικόν (Ar. rizq)’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 107 (1995), pp. 279–281.
- Exhibitions:
- Syria Matters, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, 22 November 2018 - 30 April 2019
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)