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Papyrus 1903
- Record Id:
- 040-003791398
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100116464620.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470626.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1903
- Title:
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Summons (TM 942811)
- Scope & Content:
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Order to the chief of police (archephodus) and the notables (euschemones) of the village of Herakleia to send up two men, accused by another man. With line-filler at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003791398 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1903 : Summons (TM 942811) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2230]/040-003791398
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet of fair quality, complete, with some surface damage; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 4 complete lines, and traces of another line at the top; the upper margin measures 27 mm, the lower 66 mm; the left ranges between 27 and 35 mm, as lines 2-4 are slightly indented. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470626.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0225
- Date Range:
- early 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 148 x 213 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 205 x 270 mm.
Script: Neat upright hand, somewhat irregular in size, with more cursive sequences of letters.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1873-2016 from Ali Abd el Hari on 15 May 1911.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915 (London: British Museum 1969), p. 475.
Federica Micucci, ‘Three Summonses from the British Library’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 217 (2021), 171-77 (pp. 173-74, no. 2).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)