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Papyrus 1408
- Record Id:
- 040-003688555
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105970941.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465612.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1408
- Title:
- Accounts from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1444, TM 39765)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto: Short list of expenses concerning the month of Mesore; line 4 was erased.
Verso: List of money, including payments received, followed by the total, from which expenses for various purposes were made.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003688555 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1408 : Accounts from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1444, TM 39765) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1800]/040-003688555
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, medium brown, well preserved; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 4 lines written along the fibres at the top of the sheet; upper and side margins are minimal, while the lower margin measures 150 mm. A sheet-join runs vertically along the right edge. On the back, there is one column written across the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465612.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- 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: 197 x 94 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 250 x 145 mm.
Script: Small, sloping minuscule.
- Custodial History:
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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 1408
- Publications:
-
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. 356-357, no. 1444.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 91.
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).
G. Schenke, The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database, no. E04305 (http://csla.history.ox.ac.uk/record.php?recid=E04305).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)