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Papyrus 1504
- Record Id:
- 040-003687881
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105807937.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465656.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1504
- Title:
- Account from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1418, TM 19868)
- Scope & Content:
- Account of receipts and expenses recorded by Sergius, a tax-official (hypodektes), from Emphyteuton Epoikion near Aphrodito for the fifth indiction; the first column lists names of individuals, followed by amounts of money; the second column records various purposes for which sums were paid out. With Arabic at the beginning and summary on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003687881 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1504 : Account from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1418, TM 19868) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1785]/040-003687881
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus roll, medium-brown, damaged at the bottom, otherwise well preserved; with writing on both sides. On the front, there are two columns written along the fibres in Greek; the first sheet of the roll, which displays vertical fibres, bears Arabic lines, written along the fibres perpendicularly to the Greek text; another Arabic line runs across the fibres on the second sheet. Sheet-joins are visible. On the back, there is one Greek line written across the fibres at the top. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame with a small opening for the text on the back.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465656.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Greek, Ancient - Scripts:
- Arabic
Greek - Start Date:
- 0706
- End Date:
- 0707
- Date Range:
- 706-707
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 215 x 603 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 270 x 675 mm.
Script: Upright, minuscule hand of medium size in ink turned brown; with Arabic lines written perpendicularly.
- 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 1418
- 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. 165-166, no. 1418.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1969), p. 56.
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)