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Papyrus 1222
- Record Id:
- 040-003524682
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101020259.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464611.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1222
- Title:
- Official Letter (P.Lond. III 1222, TM 22845)
- Scope & Content:
-
Beginning of a letter addressed to Claudius Cerealis, strategus of the division of Herakleides in the Arsinoite nome, from Diodorus, son of Perigenes, enclosing the copy of a document issued by Nicolaus, acting as chief judge (archidikastes), and asking that a copy be delivered to Thermutharion.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003524682 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1222 : Official Letter (P.Lond. III 1222, TM 22845) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1470]/040-003524682
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, damaged by insect holes throughout and abraded at the top; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 10 lines, the last of which badly mutilated, and 2 additional lines in the upper margin, penned in a different ink. Upper and left margins survive; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464611.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0138
- End Date:
- 0138
- Date Range:
- 14 May 138
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 65 x 146 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 115 x 200 mm.
Script: Small and neat cursive hand, with lines slightly uneven; different hand in the upper margin.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1222
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 444.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 126, no. 1222.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 281.
G. Bastianini, ‘Osservazioni su alcuni documenti attestanti la strategia di Claudius Cerealis’, Siculorum Gymnasium N.S. 31 (1978), pp. 251-253.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 90.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)