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Papyrus 1075
- Record Id:
- 040-003573530
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101748841.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464223.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1075
- Title:
- Letter (P.Lond. III 1075, TM 39590)
- Scope & Content:
- A letter where the sender (a pagarch?) complains about the disrespectful behaviour of Joseph, one of his estate labourers, who had accused him of extortion.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003573530 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1075 : Letter (P.Lond. III 1075, TM 39590) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1559]/040-003573530
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Long and narrow papyrus sheet, complete, with holes and abrasion in places; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears 28 lines running across the fibres; margins are minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464223.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0600
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 510 x 165 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 560 x 215 mm.
Script: Proficient, thin, sloping cursive hand of fair size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1075
- 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. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 281-282, no. 1075.
W. Schubart, Ein Jahrtausend am Nil. Briefe aus dem Altertum (Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchandlung 1912), 100, and Ein Jahrtausend am Nil; Briefe aus dem Altertum (Berlin: Weidmann 1923), 101.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 300.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 84.
A. Jördens, ‘Die ägyptischen Symmachoi’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 66 (1986), pp. 105-118 (p. 117).
R. Mazza, ‘Ricerche sul pagarca nell'Egitto tardoantico e bizantino’, Aegyptus 75 (1995), pp. 169-242 (p. 207, and passim).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 113.
J. Banaji, Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity: Gold, Labour, and Aristocratic Dominance (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2007), p. 231.
J. Bruning, ‘Developments in Egypt’s early Islamic postal system (with an edition of P.Khalili II 5)’, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 81 (2018), pp. 25–40 (p. 27, n. 7; p. 28).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)