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Papyrus 1127
- Record Id:
- 040-003909465
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122682912.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469793.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1127
- Title:
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Miscellaneous Texts (TM 23885, 23886, 25985, 25986)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper right papyrus (D) (SB XX 15132, TM 23885, 23886): Fragmentary document apparently containing an oath, with mention of Julia Mamaea, mother of the emperor Severus Alexander. Dated to 222-235. The back bears traces of another text
Other papyri (A, C): Fragmentary documents on either side of the papyri, all unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003909465 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1127 : Miscellaneous Texts (TM 23885, 23886, 25985, 25986) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2377]/040-003909465
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Three papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
Left papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom and on the right, broken off on the other sides; with some surface damage; written on both sides,along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. Each side bears parts of one column.
Upper right papyrus (B): Small medium-brown papyrus fragment, written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back.
Lower right papyrus (C): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete on the left and at the top (front), broken off on the other sides; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The text on the back is written upside down in relation to the text on the front.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0000
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 1st century-4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size: A: 205 x 109 mm; B: 77 x 43 mm; C: 148 x 60 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 295 x 245 mm.
Script: Proficient cursive hands.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1127(a)
P.Lond. III 1127(b)
P.Lond. III 1127(c)
SB XX 15132 - 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. 441.
A, C
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. lviii, no. 1127(a, c) descr.
B
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. lviii, no. 1127(b) descr.
Pieter J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Zwei Papyrusfragmente aus der Londoner Papyrussammlung’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 87 (1991), 261-62 (p. 262, no.2).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten, XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, 1997), p. 678, no. 15132.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)