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Papyrus 1231
- Record Id:
- 040-003524685
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101025166.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464661.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1231
- Title:
- Notification to the Strategus (P.Lond. III 1231, TM 22851)
- Scope & Content:
- Notification to Heraclides, strategus of the Hermopolite nome, from two men concerning the termination of a lease of 19 aruras of land they were renting with a third man, now deceased. They ask that the lessor, who may be Flavius Heraclius, be notified.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003524685 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1231 : Notification to the Strategus (P.Lond. III 1231, TM 22851) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1473]/040-003524685
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, lacking the lower and upper left-hand corners, and with holes and surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres, with the back being blank. There is one column, of which 32 lines survive, the last being very fragmentary. Upper and left margins remain; no margin was left to the right. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom along the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464661.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0144
- End Date:
- 0144
- Date Range:
- 27 January-25 February 144
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 188 x 85 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 235 x 140 mm.
Script: Small, rapid cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite 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 1231
- 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. 444.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 108-109, no. 1231.
M. I. Rostovtzeff, Studien zur Geschichte des römischen Kolonates (Leipzig-Berlin: B.G. Teubner 1910), p. 190.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 279.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Flavius Heraclius, mid 2nd century
Heraclides, strategus of the Hermopolite nome, mid 2nd century - Places:
- Hermopolite nome, 15th Upper Egyptian nome, Egypt