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Papyrus 993
- Record Id:
- 040-003711533
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109626373.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469675.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 993
- Title:
- Receipt for a Probation Letter (P.Lond. III 993 descr., P.Gascou 21, TM 22763)
- Scope & Content:
- The document is a receipt in epistolary form written in Greek. The bookkeeper (actuarius) of a Roman military unit, probably that of the Mauri Scutarii in Hermopolis, acknowledges that he has received the recruit’s letter of probation (epistula probatoria). The man is thus officially a member of the unit itself. At the bottom of the document, the scribe has placed a Latin greeting formula: 'fare well’ (bene valeas).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003711533 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 993 : Receipt for a Probation Letter (P.Lond. III 993 descr., P.Gascou 21, TM 22763) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1955]/040-003711533
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment from a papyrus sheet (12 lines). The document is written on the recto, along the fibres. The verso is blank. The papyrus is mounted on a cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469675.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 0514
- End Date:
- 0514
- Date Range:
- 8 January 514
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 235 x 168 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 295 x 220 mm.
Script: The script is a quick and informal Greek cursive minuscule. The Latin greeting formula at the end is written in new Roman cursive.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Gascou 21
P.Lond. III 993 descr. - 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. 441.
F. G. Kenyon, H. I. Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum vol. 3 (London: British Museum, 1907), p. li.
A. Benaissa, 'A Recruit’s Enrolment in a Military Unit and a New dux Thebaidis', in J. L. Fournet-A. Papacostantinou (edd.), Mélanges Jean Gascou. Textes et études papyrologiques (P. Gascou) (Paris 2016), pp. 55-64, no. 21.
Metadata provided by the PLATINUM project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement nº 636983), University of Naples 'Federico II’, and by the project 'Latin Relics in a Greek East' (LAREGRE), Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship (project no. 895634), UNIBO-UCBerkeley.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)