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Papyrus 1661
- Record Id:
- 040-003541486
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101366764.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465941.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1661
- Title:
- Order to Send Persons to Court (P.Lond. V 1679, TM 19698)
- Scope & Content:
- Copy of an official order to send two persons to court; the names of the individuals summoned are given at the end and are Apollos, a village headman (protokometes), and a woman named Mariam; the endorsement is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003541486 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1661 : Order to Send Persons to Court (P.Lond. V 1679, TM 19698) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1537]/040-003541486
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, mutilated at the top and bottom, with minor surface damage along the left edge and with few insect holes in places; written on both sides. The front bears 15 lines written along the fibres, with the first and last damaged; margins on the sides survive. On the back there is one damaged line running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465941.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0525
- End Date:
- 0526
- Date Range:
- 525-526
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 214 x 166 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 270 x 210 mm.
Script: Fairly large, sloping cursive hand; different hand, upright, from line 12; smaller hand on verso (3rd hand?).
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1679
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 74-76, no. 1679.
A. H. M. Jones, J. R. Martindale, J. Morris, The prosopography of the later Roman Empire II, Vol. III. A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: University Press 1992), p. 1316.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 120.
R. Ast, L. Berkes, J. M.S. Cowey (eds.), Bulletin of Online Emendations to Papyri 5.1 (January 7, 2016), p. 3.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)