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Papyrus 1211
- Record Id:
- 040-003534638
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101134080.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469852.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1211
- Title:
- Register (SB XX 14452, P.Lond. III 1211 ro. descr., TM 32187), and Private Letter (SB XX 14453, P.Lond. III 1211 vo. descr., TM 14883)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (SB XX 14452, P.Lond. III 1211 ro. descr., TM 32187): Beginnings of two lines from a document, apparently an official register, with names of two individuals and their patronymic.
Verso (SB XX 14453, P.Lond. III 1211 vo. descr., TM 14883): End of a letter from Syrus to Heroninus, with the request to dispatch a plough quickly. Dated to 20 June 259.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003534638 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1211 : Register (SB XX 14452, P.Lond. III 1211 ro. descr., TM 32187), and Private Letter (SB XX 14453, P.Lond. III 1211 vo. descr., TM 14883) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1499]/040-003534638
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, pale-brown, broken off to the right (front) and top (back); somewhat damaged along the other edges; written along the fibres on both sides. The front bears the beginnings of 2 lines; the back contains 11 lines from the foot of a column, which lacks the top; side and lower margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469852.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0225
- End Date:
- 0259
- Date Range:
- 225-259
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 127 x 92 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 175 x 135 mm.
Script: Recto: Fine, upright hand, with enlarged letters at the beginning; Verso: This, rapid cursive hand, sloping to the right. Same hand as P.Flor. II 246.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Theadelpheia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Theadelpheia, meris of Themistos, 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 1211 ro. descr.
P.Lond. III 1211 vo. descr.
SB XX 14452
SB XX 14453 - 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. lxv, no. 1211 ro. descr.
G. M. Parássoglou, ‘Nineteen Papyri from the British Library’, Hellenika 37 (1986), pp. 23-45 (p. 31, no. 8).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), p. , no. 14452.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 229.
Verso
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. lxv, no. 1211 vo. descr.
G. M. Parássoglou, ‘Nineteen Papyri from the British Library’, Hellenika 37 (1986), pp. 23-45 (p. 31-32, no. 8).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), p. , no. 14453.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 229.
D. Rathbone, ‘Economic Rationalism and the Heroninos Archive’, Topoi 12-13 (2005), pp. 261-269 (p. 266).
A. Sarri, Material Aspects of Letter Writing in the Graeco-Roman World. c. 500 BC – c. AD 300 (Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter 2017), p. 307.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)