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Papyrus 1434(A)
- Record Id:
- 040-003791240
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100116419707.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469941.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1434(A)
- Title:
- List of Names from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1455, TM 39771)
- Scope & Content:
-
Fragment containing a list of names (sailors or labourers), arranged in three columns after the heading; with notarial subscription at the end. The document was the conclusion of a Coptic contract of surety.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003791240 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1434(A) : List of Names from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1455, TM 39771) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2223]/040-003791240
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus roll, broken off at the top and on the right and complete on the other sides; written on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are two lines as heading, followed by three narrow and short columns; traces of another line are visible at the top. The text runs across the fibres. Left and lower margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469941.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0700
- End Date:
- 0725
- Date Range:
- early 8th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 233 x 292 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 285 x 345 mm.
Script: Flowing, sloping minuscule hand, same as Papyrus 1488(A).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Aphrodito (Kom Ishgau), Antaiopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito (Kom Ishgau), 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 1455
- 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), pp. 388-89, no. 1455.
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 (pp. 205, 207, 214).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)