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Papyrus 1451(A-D)
- Record Id:
- 040-003906674
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122304933.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469990.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1451(A-D)
- Title:
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Protocols from Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1462, TM 39775, 39776; P.Lond. IV 1540, TM 19931)
- Scope & Content:
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A (CPR III.I.2 89, P.Lond. IV 1462(a), TM 39775): Protocol in Greek and Arabic.
B: Transferred to the Department of Oriental Manuscripts.
C (CPR III.I.2 86, P.Lond. IV 1462(c), TM 39776): Protocol in Greek and Arabic.
D (CPR III.I.2 12, P.Lond. IV 1540, TM 39775): Protocol in Greek and Arabic of a letter to the Governor of Egypt in Coptic, which is now at the Oriental Manuscripts collection (Or 6230 (47)).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003906674 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1451(A-D) : Protocols from Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1462, TM 39775, 39776; P.Lond. IV 1540, TM 19931) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2367]/040-003906674
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Three papyrus fragments labelled A, C-D, written on both sides, with text in Greek and Arabic. Fragment B has been transferred to the Department of Oriental Manuscripts. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Greek, Ancient - Scripts:
- Arabic
Greek - Start Date:
- 0700
- End Date:
- 0715
- Date Range:
- early 8th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 200 x 120 mm; B: 125 x 215 mm; D: 228 x 175 mm;housed in a glass frame measuring 585 x 255 mm.
Script: Greek: Small minuscule hands.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt. All fragments were purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1200-1520 from Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- CPR III.1.2 12
CPR III.1.2 86
CPR III.1.2 89
P.Lond. IV 1462(a)
P.Lond. IV 1462(c)
P.Lond. IV 1540 - 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.
A
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum IV. The Aphrodito Papyri (London: British Museum, 1910), p. 418, no. 1462(a).
Adolf Grohmann, Corpus Papyrorum Raineri Archiducis Austriae, III: Series Arabica (Wien: Burgverlag Ferdinand Zöllner, 1924), vol. 1, part 2, no. 89.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, V (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1969), p. 56.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1992), p. 191.
C
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum IV. The Aphrodito Papyri (London: British Museum, 1910), p. 418, no. 1462(c).
Adolf Grohmann, Corpus Papyrorum Raineri Archiducis Austriae, III: Series Arabica (Wien: Burgverlag Ferdinand Zöllner, 1924), vol. 1, part 2, no. 86.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, V (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1969), p. 56.
D
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum IV. The Aphrodito Papyri (London: British Museum, 1910), p. 462, no. 1540.
Adolf Grohmann, Corpus Papyrorum Raineri Archiducis Austriae, III: Series Arabica (Wien: Burgverlag Ferdinand Zöllner, 1924), vol. 1, part 2, no. 12.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, V (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1969), p. 56.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, fl early 8th century
- Places:
- Kôm Ishgau, Egypt; the site of Aphrodito
- Related Material:
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The fragments belong to the Archive of Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito (TM Arch ID 124). Papyrus 1451(D) belongs to Or 6230 (47).