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Papyrus 1738
- Record Id:
- 040-003432702
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100069985954.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123254.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1738
- Title:
- Letter to Dioscorus of Aphrodito (P.Lond. V 1682; TM 19700)
- Scope & Content:
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A letter to Dioscorus of Aphrodito from an unknown sender about a troublesome shepherd who has been troubling Dioscorus’s tenants at the village of Mounkrechis; the writer was accompanying Menas the pagarch. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003432702 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1738 : Letter to Dioscorus of Aphrodito (P.Lond. V 1682; TM 19700) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0820]/040-003432702
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, dark brown in places, written against the fibres. Possibly folded from the bottom upwards and then perhaps once from each side towards the middle. The address on the back is written along the fibres. The text is complete.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123254.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0566
- End Date:
- 0567
- Date Range:
- 566-567
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 67 x 302 mm, mounted in a glass case measuring 115 x 355 mm.
Script: Flowing cursive of late Roman chancery type.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito (Kom Ishgau), 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. V 1682
- Publications:
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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 V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 78-79 no. 1682.
A. H. M. Jones, J. R. Martindale, J. Morris, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. Vol. III.B. A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1992), pp. 875-876.
Metadata provided by the 2018 Heidelberg Research Webinar on BL Greek Papyri, funded by the MWK Baden-Württemberg and taught by R. Ast and L. Berkes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)