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Papyrus 1404
- Record Id:
- 040-003790984
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100116135401.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469909.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1404
- Title:
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Fragments from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1467, TM 19918)
- Scope & Content:
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Miscellaneous fragments of letters from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito. Fugitives are mentioned in one of the letters.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003790984 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1404 : Fragments from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1467, TM 19918) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2211]/040-003790984
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Forty-four small papyrus fragments, housed in the same glass frame; some of these are dark-brown, while the majority of the fragments is medium-brown. Each fragment usually preserves a few words from one line, running across the fibres. Only a few fragments bear traces of two lines. Six fragments bear writing on the back too, which runs along the fibres.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469909.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0709
- End Date:
- 0710
- Date Range:
- 709-710
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size; lower right fragment: 36 x 109 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 460 x 305 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 1467
- 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. 1467.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1976), p. 65.
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)
- 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:
- The fragments belong to the ‘Archive of Basilios, pagarches of Aphrodito’ (TM Arch ID 124).