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Papyrus 1260
- Record Id:
- 040-003687980
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105826623.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464828.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1260
- Title:
- Official Letter (P.Panop.Beatty App. 1, P.Lond. III 1260 descr., TM 19253)
- Scope & Content:
- Official letter from the procurator (epitropos) of the Lower Thebaid to the strategus of the Hermopolite nome, with the urgent order to build and equip ten ships with a capacity of 500 artabas.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003687980 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1260 : Official Letter (P.Panop.Beatty App. 1, P.Lond. III 1260 descr., TM 19253) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1790]/040-003687980
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment of a papyrus, broken off on the left, lacking the lower right corner and damaged by holes throughout. The writing runs along the fibres on the front, and the back is blank. Portions of 21 lines remain, all lacking the beginnings. Upper, lower and right margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464828.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0304
- End Date:
- 0305
- Date Range:
- 304 or 305
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 265 x 295 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 310 x 370 mm.
Script: Neat and skilled cursive hand; smaller and more rapid in the last two lines.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite 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. III 1260 descr.
P.Panop.Beatty App. 1 - 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), pp. 239-240, no. 1260 descr.
T. C. Skeat, Papyri from Panopolis in the Chester Beatty Library Dublin (Dublin: Hodges Figgis & Co 1964), pp. 153-156, Appendix 1.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 9.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)