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Papyrus 1493
- Record Id:
- 040-003687716
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105582144.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465645.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1493
- Title:
- Account from the Archive of Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1445, TM 39766)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragmentary register recording sums of money for various expenses.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003687716 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1493 : Account from the Archive of Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1445, TM 39766) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1784]/040-003687716
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Lower left portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll, broken off at the top and left and with minor damage along the horizontal folds; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears the ends of 11 lines running across the fibres; of the first line, only the feet of few letters survive. The right margin is minimal, the lower is ample. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465645.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0700
- End Date:
- 0725
- Date Range:
- early 8th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 433 x 250 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 485 x 305 mm.
Script: Thin, small minuscule hand, with a slight slant to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: 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 1445
- 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), p. 357, no. 1445.
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. 203).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)