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Papyrus 1400
- Record Id:
- 040-003779335
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100114117081.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469886.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1400
- Title:
- Fragmentary Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1463, TM 19914)
- Scope & Content:
- Small fragments from a letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik possibly to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito; apparently bearing the summary on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003779335 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1400 : Fragmentary Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1463, TM 19914) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2158]/040-003779335
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Eighteen small fragments from a papyrus roll, with writing on both sides. On the front, there are remains of a few letters from a few lines in Arabic and Greek running across the fibres. Some of the fragments bear a few words on the back, running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469886.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0709
- End Date:
- 0714
- Date Range:
- 709-714
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size, the upper left fragment measuring 63 x 70 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 305 x 230 mm.
Script: Proficient cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1200-1520 from Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. IV 1463
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum, 1907), p. 445.
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum IV. The Aphrodito Papyri (London: British Museum, 1910), p. 424, no. 1463.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)