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Papyrus 1271
- Record Id:
- 040-003616327
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102155843.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464892.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1271
- Title:
- Official Letter (P.Panop.Beatty App. 2, P.Lond. III 1271 descr., TM 19254)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragment of an official letter from the administrator of the emperor’s private property of the Thebaid to the strategus of a nome whose name is lost.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003616327 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1271 : Official Letter (P.Panop.Beatty App. 2, P.Lond. III 1271 descr., TM 19254) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1583]/040-003616327
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment of a papyrus sheet, complete at the top, with few insect holes and minor surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 11 lines, lacking beginnings and ends. Only the upper margin survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464892.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0301
- End Date:
- 0302
- Date Range:
- 301-302
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 135 x 87 mm: housed in a glass frame measuring 190 x 135 mm.
Script: Regular and neat upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Upper Egypt.
Provenance: Upper 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 1271 descr.
P.Panop.Beatty App. 2 - 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.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. lxx, no. 1271 descr.
T. C. Skeat, Papyri from Panopolis in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin (Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co. 1964), pp. 156-157, Appendix, no. 2.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)