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Papyrus 1594
- Record Id:
- 040-003707145
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108706743.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465758.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1594
- Title:
- Notification of Death (ZPE 208 (218) 177-80, no. 2, TM 765547)
- Scope & Content:
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Apollos, possibly from Dionysias, notifies the royal scribe of the Arsinoite nome, meris of Themistos, of the death of his sister’s husband, registered in Philoteris, and asks that he may be added to the list of deceased. An order to the village scribe follows.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003707145 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1594 : Notification of Death (ZPE 208 (218) 177-80, no. 2, TM 765547) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1891]/040-003707145
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Long and narrow papyrus sheet, medium-brown, damaged by abrasion and insect holes; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 24 lines written along the fibres; of the last line, only scant traces survive. Margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465758.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0117
- End Date:
- 0117
- Date Range:
- 11 December 117
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 225 x 80 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 265 x 130 mm.
Script: Two cursive hands, the second (lines 21-24) smaller and sloping to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 311.
Nikolaos Gonis, ‘Five Documents from Roman Fayum’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 208 (2018), 177-80, no. 2, with pl.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)