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Papyrus 1355
- Record Id:
- 040-003653418
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102816379.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465327.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1355
- Title:
- Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1358, TM 19816)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragmentary letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, ordering him to collect and dispatch money for the expenses of his household; demand notes (entagia) had been sent to the various communities.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003653418 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1355 : Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1358, TM 19816) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1609]/040-003653418
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus, broken off at the top and left, and mutilated on the right; with regular holes along the right edge; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 9 lines running against the fibres, lacking beginnings and, at times, the ends. The lower margin survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465327.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0710
- End Date:
- 0710
- Date Range:
- 1 May 710
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 245 x 60 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 290 x 115 mm.
Script: Large, thin, sloping cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. IV 1358
- 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. 445.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum IV. The Aphrodito Papyri (London: British Museum 1910), pp. 33-34, no. 1358.
H. I. Bell, ‘Translations of the Greek Aphrodito Papyri in the British Museum’, Der Islam: Journal of the History and Culture of the Middle East 2 (1911), pp. 269-283 (pp. 282-283).
H. Cadell, ‘Nouveaux fragments de la correspondence de Kurra ben Sharik’, Recherches de Papyrologie 4 (1967), pp. 107-160.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 64.
N. Gonis, F. Morelli, ‘Two "Entagia" in Search of an Author’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 39 (2002), pp. 17-25 (p. 18).
T. S. Richter, ‘Language Choice in the Qurra Dossier’, A. Papaconstantinou (ed.), The multilingual experience in Egypt, from the Ptolemies to the Abbasids (Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate 2010), pp. 189-220 (p. 198).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, fl early 8th century
Qurrah ben Sharik, Governor of Egypt, 709-715 - Places:
- Kôm Ishgau, Egypt; the site of Aphrodito
- Related Material:
- The papyrus belongs to the ‘Archive of Basilios, pagarches of Aphrodito’ (TM Arch ID 124).