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Papyrus 1783
- Record Id:
- 040-003780349
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100114734336.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470525.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1783
- Title:
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Letter (P.Lond. V 1685, TM 36920), and Account of Expenses (P.Lond. V 1672, TM 36917)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Lond. V 1685, TM 36920): Letter from one official to another, with the order not to demand more than six solidi in the name of Eustochia, daughter of Ioannes, for public taxes. The address is on the back.
Verso (P.Lond. V 1672, TM 36917): Account of expenses, including payments for a tax-official (hypodektes) and notaries. The address of the letter on the front is now illegible.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003780349 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1783 : Letter (P.Lond. V 1685, TM 36920), and Account of Expenses (P.Lond. V 1672, TM 36917) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2170]/040-003780349
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-to-dark-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with writing on both sides. On the front, there are 7 lines written across the fibres; all margins are extant. On the back, there are 12 lines written across the fibres, faded in places. The papyrus is housed in the same glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470525.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 127 x 195 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 245 mm.
Script: Recto: Neat, regular, upright cursive hand. Verso: Small sloping cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1758-1786 from Ali Abd-el-Haj on 12 October 1907.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1672
P.Lond. V 1685 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 312.
Recto
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, V (London: British Museum, 1917), pp. 80-81, no. 1685.
Verso
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, V (London: British Museum, 1917), p. 40, no. 1672.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 98.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)