1. Papyrus 303
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 303
- Title:
- Sale of a Donkey (P.Lond. II 303, Chrest.Mitt. 160, TM 11683)
- Scope & Content:
- Sale of a white-mouse-coloured donkey purchased for 148 drachmas in the village of Herakleia by Stotoetis, son of Horus, of Soknopaiou Nesos, from Dioscorus, son of Castor. The scribe is Alcimus, who also wrote the subscription on account of Dioscorus, who is illiterate.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 9 August 142
- Extent:
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Light-brown papyrus sheet, fully preserved although somewhat damaged along the two vertical folds. Slight abrasion affects the end of two lines. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The text consists of one column with 32 lines, complete. The first line is indented and separated by some blank space from the following line. All margins are extant, with barely any blank space left at the bottom and right. A sheet-join runs across the fibres at c. 1-3 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
