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Papyrus 99
- Record Id:
- 040-002104480
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00030c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 99
- Title:
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Accounts (P.Lond. I 99 + BL I pp. 228-229, TM 33212)
- Scope & Content:
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Accounts arranged in columns damaged throughout, listing places in the Memphite nome and people with sums stated in artabas; an eight year of an unnamed emperor is mentioned at the beginning (possibly 370-371). On the recto, at the end of columns 1-2 a different hand, which is to be found on the back as well, repeated the lines of the beginning of each column. Additional unplaced fragments are housed separately, in the frame named as Papyrus 99*. The dark papyrus on the right-hand side of this frame is a list (metechthesis), of which 9 broken lines survive.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104480 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 99 : Accounts (P.Lond. I 99 + BL I pp. 228-229, TM 33212) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0024]/040-002104480
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with broken columns both on recto and verso, written along and across the fibres respectively; on the back is also a line written along the fibres. Additional fragments of varying size are housed in a separate frame, named Papyrus 99*.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_99 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Larger fragment: 280 x 650 mm; fragments of varying size in Papyrus 99*, the largest being 115 x 60 mm. Housed in two glass cases, named as Papyrus 99 and Papyrus 99*, measuring 360 x 940 mm and 180 x 250 mm respectively.
Script: Various hands: small hand, with several cursive elements; larger and irregular hand, less cursive, at the bottom of columns 1-2 of the recto and on the verso; the hand of the dark brown papyrus in 99* is upright and regular, with cursive traits.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Memphite nome, Egypt?
Provenance: Memphite nome (?), Egypt. Purchased from Messrs. Boonein January 1857.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. I 99 + BL I pp. 228-229
- Publications:
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Greek Papyri in the British Museum I (London: British Museum 1893), pp. 158-162, no. 99.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1913), pp. 213, 226-229.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 80.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)