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Papyrus 3106
- Record Id:
- 040-003721060
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100111291655.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471815.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 3106
- Title:
- Letter concerned with Military Supply (P.Michael. 29, TM 33536)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter of Besas to Apollonius and Heron, concerned with a delay in the distribution of wine to the soldiers; the recipients are asked to deal with this and send a boat to Psonis. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003721060 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 3106 : Letter concerned with Military Supply (P.Michael. 29, TM 33536) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2046]/040-003721060
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Long and narrow light-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with a few holes in places; writing runs on both sides. On the front, there is a column of 24 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant, the right being minimal and the lower wide. On the back, there is one line written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471815.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century (?)
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 260 x 90 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 305 x 145 mm.
Script: Neat and proficient cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Panopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Panopolite nome, Egypt. Acquired with other Michaelides material, including Papyri 3100-3131, in April 1979 and transferred from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books in May 1979. Formerly part of the private collection of Georges Anastase Michaelides (b. 1900, d. 1973), antiquities dealer in Cairo, sold by his heirs after his death, under the inventory number 1300.
- Former External References:
- P.Michael. 29
- Publications:
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David S. Crawford, Papyri Michaelidae: being a catalogue of the Greek and Latin papyri, tablets and ostraca in the library of Mr. G.A. Michaïlidis of Cairo (Aberdeen: The Aberdeen University Press, for the Egypt Exploration Society 1955), pp. 52-4, no. 29.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1964), p. 52.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1969), p. 68.
Fritz Mitthof, Annona militaris: die Heeresversorgung im spätantiken Ägypten: ein Beitrag zur Verwaltungs- und Heeresgeschichte des Römischen Reiches im 3. bis 6. Jh. n. Chr. (Firenze: Edizioni Gonnelli, 2001), pp. 501-504, no. 159.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2009), p. 118.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)