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Papyrus 1162

Record Id:

040-003469113

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002104451

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100090007620.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100143122630.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Papyrus 1162

Title:

Private Letter (BL I, p. 294, P.Lond. III 1162 ro. desc., TM 39613), and List of Sailors (P.Lond. III 1162 vo., TM 39614)

Scope & Content:

Recto (TM 39613): Portion of a letter on private matters, the sender and recipient being lost.

Verso (TM 39614): List of sailors arranged in two columns with headings; the first lists sailors leaving the port of Clysma and the second those not going there. The names of the sailors, their patronymics and origin are provided. With docket on the other side.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002104451
040-003469113

Is part of:

Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri

Papyrus 1162 : Private Letter (BL I, p. 294, P.Lond. III 1162 ro. desc., TM 39613), and List of Sailors (P.Lond. III 1162 vo., TM 39614)

Hierarchy:

032-002104451[0945]/040-003469113

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Papyrus sheet, cut to host the text on the back; it displays some surface damage at the top (front), but it is well preserved as to the rest. Writing runs across the fibres on both sides. The front bears 15 lines; the text breaks off at the top and bottom. Line 2 was written in ink that turned brown. The text on the back is complete and is arranged in two columns under a heading. The ink has turned brown. All margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

0600

End Date:

0799

Date Range:

7th century-8th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Papyrus.

Dimensions: 272 x 182 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 320 x 230 mm.

Script: Recto: Large, sloping cursive hand, with elongated strokes. Verso: Stylized chancery script, with upright axis; early form of the minuscule.

Custodial History:

Origin: Egypt.

Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.

Former External References:

BL I, p. 294
P.Lond. III 1162 ro. descr.
P.Lond. III 1162 vo.

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 442.

Recto

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. lx, no. 1162 ro. descr.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 294.

F. Morelli, ‘Grammatêphoroi e vie della giustizia nell’Egitto tardo antico’, Symposion 2005: Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte (Salerno, 14.-18. September 2005) = Comunicazioni sul diritto greco ed ellenistico (Salerno, 14-18 settembre 2005) (Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2007), pp. 351-371 (p. 359, with n. 28, and p. 360).

Verso

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 252, no. 1162 vo.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 294.

A. Jördens, ‘Die ägyptischen Symmachoi’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 66 (1986), pp. 105-118 (pp. 107, 115, 117).

Ph. Mayerson, ‘The Port of Clysma (Suez) in Transition from Roman to Arab Rule’, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 55 (1996), pp. 119-126 (p. 126, n. 40).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)