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Papyrus 50
- Record Id:
- 040-002104468
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0002f8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468778.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 50
- Title:
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Declaration of House-Property (P.Lond. I 50, UPZ I 116, Chrest.Wilck. 221, TM 3508)
- Scope & Content:
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Apynchis, resident of Memphis, declares his home and bakery, located across a street from one another, for the total value of one talent. Dimensions and position of the buildings are provided. The document is addressed to Metrodorus, a financial official (epimeletes).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104468 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 50 : Declaration of House-Property (P.Lond. I 50, UPZ I 116, Chrest.Wilck. 221, TM 3508) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0017]/040-002104468
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, complete, with few holes and minor surface damage in places; written along the fibres on the front; the back bears a modern annotation recording the former collections the papyrus belonged to. On the front there are 22 lines with two interlinear additions; margins are extant and ample. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame; an opening shows the annotation on the back.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468778.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0209
- End Date:
- -0208
- Date Range:
- October 209-208 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 295 x 190 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 335 x 235 mm.
Script: Cursive hand of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Memphis, Egypt.
Provenance: Memphis, Egypt. Origin: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 51-56 with Butler's collection and received on 5 July 1841. Lot 530, formerly Salt, no. 537 (see back).
- Former External References:
- C.Pap.Hengstl 20
Chrest.Wilck. 221
P.Lond. I 50
UPZ I 116 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1841-1845 (London: Trustees of the British Museum 1850), p. 72.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum I (London: British Museum 1893), pp. 48-50, no. 50, with facs. 29.
U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. I.II (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), p. 68, no. 221.
U. Wilcken, Urkunden der Ptolemäerzeit I. Band: Papyri aus Unterägypten (Berlin· W. de Gruyter 1927), p. 256, no. 116.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 251.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1964), p. 100.
J. Hengstl, Griechische Papyri aus Ägypten als Zeugnisse des öffentlichen und privaten Lebens (München: Heimeran Verlag 1978), no. 20.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 500.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 287.
R. S. Bagnall, P. Derow, The Hellenistic Period: Historical Sources in Translation (Oxford- Malden, MA: Blackwell 2004), pp. 156-157, no. 95.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2017), p. 259.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)