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Papyrus 1681
- Record Id:
- 040-003882184
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121665095.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470311.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1681
- Title:
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Letter (P.Lond. V 1787, TM 36948) and Account (P.Lond. V 1906 descr., TM 36997)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Lond. V 1787, TM 36948): Fragmentary letter relating to taxes; the names of the correspondents are lost.
Verso (P.Lond. V 1906 descr., TM 36997): Account of wheat and barley, probably private.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003882184 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1681 : Letter (P.Lond. V 1787, TM 36948) and Account (P.Lond. V 1906 descr., TM 36997) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2347]/040-003882184
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, bottom and on the right (front); written on both sides. The front bears 27 lines running across the fibres; the back bears parts of 3 columns written across the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470311.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 433 x 222 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 470 x 250 mm.
Script: Recto: Large, practised sloping cursive hand. Verso: Large, upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: 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 1787
P.Lond. V 1906 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. 243-44, no. 1787.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter, 1922), p. 304.
Verso
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, V (London: British Museum, 1917), p. 280, no. 1906.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)