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Papyrus 1753
- Record Id:
- 040-003780649
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100115461336.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470490.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1753
- Title:
- Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1402, TM 19850)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragments of a letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik, possibly to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, concerning workmen.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003780649 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1753 : Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1402, TM 19850) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2196]/040-003780649
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Five fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the beginnings of 17 lines. The order of the fragments is uncertain. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470490.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- 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: Largest fragment: 240 x 80 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 660 x 135 mm.
Script: Proficient, sloping cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. IV 1402
- 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. 311.
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, IV. The Aphrodito Papyri (London: British Museum, 1910), pp. 73-74, no. 1402.
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. 202).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, fl early 8th century
Qurrah ben Sharik, Governor of Egypt, 709-715 - Places:
- Kôm Ishgau, Egypt; the site of Aphrodito
- Related Material:
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The papyrus belongs to the ‘Archive of Basilios, pagarch of Aphrodito’ (TM Arch ID 124).