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Papyrus 1073
- Record Id:
- 040-003725108
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100112236995.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469758.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1073
- Title:
- Letter to the Comes (P.Lond. III 1073, TM 38290)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter to the count (comes) Anatolius, concerned with the complaint of some farmers, bearers of the letter, who are being hindered by the neighbours. The recipient is asked to write to the village heads (protokometai). The endorsement is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003725108 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1073 : Letter to the Comes (P.Lond. III 1073, TM 38290) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2072]/040-003725108
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Medium-brown papyrus slip, complete and well preserved; with minor damage along the horizontal folds; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are four lines written across the fibres; all margins are extant. On the back, there is one line written along the fibres at the top. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469758.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 6th century-7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 96 x 304 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 150 x 355 mm.
Script: Proficient, sloping cursive hand. Upright and large cursive hand on the back.
- Custodial History:
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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.Lond. III 1073
- 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.
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. 251, no. 1073.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter, 1922), p. 294.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2002), p. 113.
Coulter H. George, Expressions of Agency in Ancient Greek (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2005), p. 255.
Federico Morelli, ‘Grammatêphoroi e vie della giustizia nell’Egitto tardo antico’, in Symposion 2005. Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte (Salerno, 14.-18. September 2005) = Comunicazioni sul diritto greco ed ellenistico (Salerno, 14-18 settembre 2005) (Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2007), 351-71 (passim).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)