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Papyrus 1913
- Record Id:
- 040-003678372
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105205381.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466769.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1913
- Title:
- Return of Inundated Land (P.Fam.Tebt. 51 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 51, SB I 5342, TM 20973)
- Scope & Content:
- Return of two aruras of inundated land located near Kerkeesis submitted by Isidora alias Tyrannis and by her minor brother Iulius Herodes, children of Philantinous alias Herodes, to Hierax, strategus of the divisions of Themistos and Polemon in the Arsinoite nome, Herodianus, royal scribe of the division of Polemon, and to the village scribe of Tebtynis and Kerkeesis. The minor is assisted by his guardian Philosarapis. With subscriptions of the three officials who registered the return at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003678372 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1913 : Return of Inundated Land (P.Fam.Tebt. 51 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 51, SB I 5342, TM 20973) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1758]/040-003678372
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Long and narrow papyrus sheet, complete, with few small insect holes at the bottom and darker at the right in the centre; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears one column of 22 lines, complete; margins are extant, with no space having been left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466769.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0206
- End Date:
- 0206
- Date Range:
- 24 March 206
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 220 x 91 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 275 x 150 mm.
Script: Four hands: Proficient, upright hand for the body of the document, occasionally compressed at the end of the lines; three cursive hands for the subscriptions from line 20 to the end.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Antinoopolis (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Tebtynis, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt (?). Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1873-2016 from Ali Abd el Hari on 15 May 1911.
- Former External References:
- P.Fam.Tebt. 51
Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 51
SB I 5342 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915 I (London: British Museum 1969), p. 475.
Ρ. Jouguet, in E. Kühn (ed.), Antinoopolis: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Hellenismus im römischen Ägypten: Gründung und Verfassung (Göttingen: W.F. Kaestner 1913), p. 132.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1915), no. 5342.
H. I. Bell, ‘Aggiunte e correzioni a pubblicazioni di Papirologia e di Egittologia’ Aegyptus 5 (1924), p. 246, no. 509.
B. A. van Groningen, A Family Archive from Tebtunis (Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI) (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1950), pp. 165-166, no. 51.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 103.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 67.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 199.
P. Pestman, The New Papyrological Primer (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1994), p. 209.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 151.
P. Schubert, Vivre en Égypte greco-romaine: une selection de papyrus (Vevey: Editions de l'Aire 2000), pp. 132-133, no. 37.
T. Kruse, Der Königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung (München-Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2002), p. 245, n. 570.
R. Takahashi, ‘Notes on SB XIV 11714 (P.Haun. inv. 24 verso): Its Date and Relationship with the recto (SB XXIV 15987)’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 185 (2013), pp. 219-228 (p. 220).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aurelius Iulius alias Herodes, citizen of Antinoopolis, 1st half of 3rd century
Herodianus, royal scribe of the division of Polemon, 1st half of 3rd century
Hierax, strategus of the divisions of Themistos and Polemon, 1st half of 3rd century
Isidora alias Tyrannis, 1st half of 3rd century
Philosarapis, son of Lysimachus alias Didymus, 2nd half 2nd century-after 224 - Places:
- Antinoopolis, Egypt
Tebtynis (Umm el-Breigat), Arsinoite nome, Egypt - Related Material:
- The papyrus belongs to the ‘Archive of Philosarapis son of Lysimachus alias Didymus’ (TM Arch ID 192).