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Papyrus 1270
- Record Id:
- 040-003524912
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101107237.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464885.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1270
- Title:
- Petition (SB XXIV 16297, P.Lond. III 1270 ro. descr., TM 22865), and Private Letter (SB XXIV 16298, P.Lond. III 1270 vo. descr., TM 31984)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (SB XXIV 16297, P.Lond. III 1270 ro. descr., TM 22865): Petition to an official from Aurelius Chaeremon, who asks that an assistant be sent to inspect and obtain information from a door-keeper, so that Chaeremon may be given what is due to him with the interest. With subscription of Aurelius Chaeremon at the end. Dated to 24 September 255 or 23 September 256.
Verso (SB XXIV 16298, P.Lond. III 1270 vo. descr., TM 31984): Fragmentary letter to the father of the author, who is urged to go home and look for some papers, including the petition submitted to the strategus against Apollinaris and a contract of division.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003524912 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1270 : Petition (SB XXIV 16297, P.Lond. III 1270 ro. descr., TM 22865), and Private Letter (SB XXIV 16298, P.Lond. III 1270 vo. descr.,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1486]/040-003524912
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Bottom of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and right (front), darkened in places and with insect holes and some surface damage; bearing writing on both sides. The front contains the foot of a column running along the fibres, with the beginnings of 9 lines and traces of another line at the top. Left and lower margins survive. There is a trace of ink in the left margin. The text on the back was written upside-down in relation to the text on the front, and across the fibres; 13 lines remain; the text breaks off at the bottom. The upper and side margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464885.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0255
- End Date:
- 0270
- Date Range:
- 255-270
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 97 x 104 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 150 x 155 mm.
Script: Recto: Thin, skilled and neat cursive hand; different hand for the subscription at the end. Verso: Somewhat rough, slightly sloping hand, exhibiting some ligatures.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: 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 1270 ro. descr.
P.Lond. III 1270 vo. descr.
SB XXIV 16297
SB XXIV 16298 - 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.
Recto
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. lxx, no. 1270 ro. descr.
N. Litinas, ‘P.Lond. inv. 1270: A Petition to an Official and a Private Letter’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 119 (1997), pp. 173-176 (pp. 173-175), with pl. 1.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XXIV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2003), pp., no. 16297.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 243.
Verso
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. lxx, no. 1270 vo. descr.
N. Litinas, ‘P.Lond. inv. 1270: A Petition to an Official and a Private Letter’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 119 (1997), pp. 173-176 (pp. 175-176), with pl. 1.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XXIV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2003), pp., no. 16298.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 243.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)