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Papyrus 1453
- Record Id:
- 040-003779346
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100114230381.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470006.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1453
- Title:
- Account from the Archive of Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1437, TM 19882)
- Scope & Content:
- Portion of an account concerning workmen sent to Babylon to perform various works.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003779346 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1453 : Account from the Archive of Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1437, TM 19882) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2161]/040-003779346
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment of a papyrus, broken off at the bottom and sides and damaged in the middle; written on both sides. On the front, there are portions of 8 lines written along the fibres; part of the upper margin survives; on the back, there are 9 lines, with ample blank space at the bottom. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470006.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0718
- End Date:
- 0718
- Date Range:
- 17 December 718
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 190 x 156 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 245 x 205 mm.
Script: Proficient, sloping minuscule hand.
- Custodial History:
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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 1437
- 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. 445.
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum IV. The Aphrodito Papyri (London: British Museum, 1910), pp. 153-55, no. 1415.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 65.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2002), p. 117.
Tonio S. Richter, ‘Language Choice in the Qurra Dossier’, in The multilingual experience in Egypt, from the Ptolemies to the Abbasids, ed. by Arietta Papaconstantinou, (Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate 2010), pp. 189-220 (p. 203).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)