Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Papyrus 1251
- Record Id:
- 040-003524906
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101103422.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464791.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1251
- Title:
- List for the Annona (SB XVIII 13147, P.Lond. III 1251 descr., TM 32978)
- Scope & Content:
- Schedule of meat, wine, barley and chaff to be collected for the military annona from Hermopolite villages of the fifteenth administrative unit (pagus) for the fourteenth indiction of an unknown year. The list is arranged by villages, and the entries include goods and quantities.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003524906 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1251 : List for the Annona (SB XVIII 13147, P.Lond. III 1251 descr., TM 32978) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1480]/040-003524906
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet of good quality, broken off to the right and with some breaks; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front there are two columns: the first is complete and has 16 lines, the second has the beginnings of 21 lines, with the last one only having a small trace. At least one column is lost. Upper, left and lower margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464791.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0325
- End Date:
- 0349
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 225 x 160 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 215 mm.
Script: Fluent and large cursive hand, upright and thin.
- Custodial History:
-
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 1251 descr.
SB XVIII 13147 - 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. lxviii, no. 1251 descr.
G. M. Parássoglou, ‘Four London Documents’, Aegyptus 67 (1987), pp. 79-88 (pp. 82-84, no. 2).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XVIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1993), p., no. 13147.
W. Clarysse, ‘Artabas of Grain or Artabas of Grains?’, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 51 (2014), pp. 101-108 (p. 106, n. 18).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)