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Papyrus 1366
- Record Id:
- 040-003410818
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100059112419.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143122798.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1366
- Title:
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Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1368, TM 19825)
- Scope & Content:
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Letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, containing an order to supply chains (chalkomata) for the mosque of Damascus. The letter mentions two builders by name; with docket on the other side; arrived on 20 October 710 (23 Phaophi of the 9th indiction).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003410818 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1366 : Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1368, TM 19825) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0633]/040-003410818
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus roll, written on both sides, broken off at the bottom and lacking the beginning of the lines; with one Arabic line on top. On the other side there is the docket in two lines, one being written the other way up.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143122798.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Greek, Ancient - Scripts:
- Arabic
Greek - Start Date:
- 0710
- End Date:
- 0710
- Date Range:
- Before 20 October 710
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 250 x 160 mm. Framed in one glass case measuring 300 x 215 mm.
Script: Cursive hand, sloping to the right and with letters extending below and above the writing line; one of the two lines of the docket is upright minuscule.
- 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 1368
- 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. 42-43, no. 1368.
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. 374).
H. Cadell, ‘Nouveaux fragments de la correspondance de Kurrah ben Sharik’, Recherches de Papyrologie 4 (1967), pp. 107-160 (p. 149).
F. Morelli, ‘Legname palazzo e moschee. P.Vindob. G 31 e il contributo dell’Egitto alla prima architettura islamica’, Tyche. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 13 (1998), pp. 165-190 (pp. 174-175).
- 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)