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Papyrus 1081
- Record Id:
- 040-003573533
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101755464.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464273.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1081
- Title:
- Petition (P.Lond. III 1081, TM 22789)
- Scope & Content:
- Petition from an agricultural worker to a bishop, asking for help against the claims of the Arab governor, who had asked him to deliver three horses and two mules.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003573533 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1081 : Petition (P.Lond. III 1081, TM 22789) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1562]/040-003573533
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, lacking the lower right corner and damaged by small insect holes throughout; written on both sides. On the back, there are two lines written in the upper part of the sheet along the fibres; the front bears 14 lines running against the fibres, with lines 8-13 lacking the ends. Margins are minimal; the right is preserved up to line 7; the left is torn at the bottom. A sheet-join runs along the width in the middle of the sheet. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464273.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0650
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of 7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 275 x 166 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 325 x 215 mm.
Script: Thin, sloping cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
-
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 1081
- Publications:
-
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. 282-283, no. 1081.
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 (pp. 27-28).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)