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Papyrus 1394
- Record Id:
- 040-003688553
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105960669.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465543.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1394
- Title:
- Letters of the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1398, P.Lond. IV 1406, TM 19847, 19853)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragmentary letters of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik.
Left papyrus (P.Lond. IV 1398, TM 19847): Fragmentary letter concerning arrears of taxes and mentioning his predecessor. Possibly Greek version of Or. 6233(4) (PAF III). Dated 9 April 709.
Right papyrus (P.Lond. IV 1406, TM 19853): Small fragment of a letter, presumably concerning taxes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003688553 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1394 : Letters of the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1398, P.Lond. IV 1406, TM 19847, 19853) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1798]/040-003688553
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, bearing writing on one side, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Left papyrus (A): Broken off at the top and sides; 7 lines running across the fibres, lacking beginnings and ends; only the lower margin survives.
Right papyrus (B): Small papyrus strip, broken off at the top and sides; with few letters of 5 lines running across the fibres and lacking beginnings and ends; only the lower margin survives.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0709
- End Date:
- 0714
- Date Range:
- 709-714
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 191 x 53 mm; B: 166 x 33 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 240 x 180 mm.
Script: Thin, sloping cursive hand; lines fairly spaced; minuscule in the last line.
- 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 1398
P.Lond. IV 1406 - 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.
A
Greek Papyri in the British Museum IV. The Aphrodito Papyri (London: British Museum 1910), p. 70, no. 1398.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 64.
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. 197).
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum IV. The Aphrodito Papyri (London: British Museum 1910), p. 77, no. 1406.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 301.
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. 197).
- 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).