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Papyrus 1401
- Record Id:
- 040-003790860
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100116134318.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469892.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1401
- Title:
- Fragments from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1464, TM 19915)
- Scope & Content:
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Miscellaneous fragments of letters from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003790860 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1401 : Fragments from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1464, TM 19915) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2209]/040-003790860
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Ten papyrus fragments of varying size, housed in the same glass frame; five of these bear writing on both sides; the fragment at the bottom right bears Arabic and Greek lines. Each fragment preserves portions of a few lines, running along or across the fibres.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469892.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Greek, Ancient - Scripts:
- Arabic
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 fragment at the top measuring 90 x 187 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 610 x 345 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 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. IV 1464
- 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), p. 424, no. 1464.
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. 197).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)