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Papyrus 1611
- Record Id:
- 040-003797273
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100118575883.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470159.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1611
- Title:
- Return of Landed Property (P.Lond. V 1647, TM 19671), and Official Letter (P.Lond. V 1824 descr., TM 19772)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Lond. V 1647, TM 19671): Return addressed to the censitor Julius Alexander, from Aurelius Horus, son of Diskas, from the village of Hormos, in the Hermopolite nome, registering some landed property. With subscription of Horus (written by someone else) and oath in the same hand and Latin subscription (legi) at the end.
Verso (P.Lond. V 1824 descr., TM 19772): Letter, probably official, apparently on the supply of a donkey with barley and chaff, for a period of one year. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003797273 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1611 : Return of Landed Property (P.Lond. V 1647, TM 19671), and Official Letter (P.Lond. V 1824 descr., TM 19772) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2252]/040-003797273
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Lower portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, lacking the upper left corner (front) and damaged by holes; written on both sides. On the front, there are 16 lines written along the fibres; the lower margin is extant; no margin was left on the right. A sheet-join runs vertically along the left edge. The back bears portions of 14 lines, running along the fibres. Lower and right margins are minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470159.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 0298
- End Date:
- 0298
- Date Range:
- c. 298
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 213 x 203 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 250 x 260 mm.
Script: Recto: Small, slightly sloping cursive hand. Verso: Rapid, rather large sloping cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1647
P.Lond. V 1824 descr. - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
Recto
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, V (London: British Museum, 1917), pp. 1-2, no. 1647.
Albert Bruckner, Robert Marichal, Chartae Latinae Antiquiores. Facsimile-Edition of the Latin Charters, III (Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1963), no. 209.
Verso
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, V (London: British Museum, 1917), p. 265, no. 1824 descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)