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Papyrus 1589
- Record Id:
- 040-003711513
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109618628.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465751.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1589
- Title:
- Petition (SB XX 14469, TM 23749)
- Scope & Content:
- Beginning of a petition addressed to the strategus of the Hermopolite nome from Aurelius Hermes alias Pinutis, gymnasiarch and councillor of Hermopolis, selected by the council as member of an embassy following the tetrarchs. Presumably dated between June 302 and November 303.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003711513 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1589 : Petition (SB XX 14469, TM 23749) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1952]/040-003711513
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Upper portion of a medium-to-dark-brown papyrus, complete at the top and sides, but damaged by holes and abrasion; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 11 lines written along the fibres; left and upper margins are extant; no margin was left on the right. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465751.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0302
- End Date:
- 0303
- Date Range:
- 302-303
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 133 x 214 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 270 mm.
Script: Neat and proficient sloping cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite 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.
- Former External References:
- SB XX 14469
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
George A. Souris, ‘Πρὸς τὰ ἴχνη τῶν Αὐτοκρατόρων: Une ambassade d'Hermoupolis d'Égypte auprès des membres de la première Tétrarchie’, Hellenika 40 (1989), 153-160, with plate.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, 1997), no. 14469.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)