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Papyrus 1449
- Record Id:
- 040-003791044
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100116138288.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469984.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1449
- Title:
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Fragments from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1469, TM 39781)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragments of one or two registers of gold taxes, listing individuals, including women, followed by a sum of money.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003791044 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1449 : Fragments from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1469, TM 39781) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2214]/040-003791044
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Five fragments from one or two papyri, housed in a glass frame. The upper left fragment preserves the top of one column written across the fibres on the front, and is blank on the back; the upper right fragment bears portions of two columns running along the fibres on the front, and one column written across the fibres on the back; the second fragment from top on the left carries the left-hand part of a column written along the fibres; on its back, there are some small traces, possibly of ink; the fragment on the right bears portions of one column running along the fibres, and is blank on the back; the fragment at the bottom preserves the beginnings of five lines written along the fibres, and additional writing across the fibres on the back.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469984.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0700
- End Date:
- 0799
- Date Range:
- early 8th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size: upper right fragment: 225 x 96 mm; upper left fragment: 205 x 95 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 550 x 255 mm.
Script: Small and neat minuscule. In two fragments the ink is black, in three it has turned brown.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, 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 1469
- 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. 425, no. 1469.
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)