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Papyrus 113 (16)
- Record Id:
- 040-002104493
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000315
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 113 (16)
- Title:
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Private Letter and Legal Document (SB I 5314-5315, TM 34001)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (SB I 5314): Private letter written along the fibres, the recipient and sender being lost.
Verso (SB I 5315): Legal document written across the fibres, concerning the recovery of the money still due. The text was crossed out.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104493 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 113 (16) : Private Letter and Legal Document (SB I 5314-5315, TM 34001) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0031]/040-002104493
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragments of a papyrus sheet, written on both sides; lacking the upper right-hand side and broken at the bottom; ink is faded at places and red stains are on both sides, possibly of mineral or organic pigment origin. Housed in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_113_(16) (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 6th-7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
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Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 550 x 315 mm without the detached fragments; housed in one glass case measuring 635 x 355 mm.
Script: Recto: Cursive hand, sloping to the right; Verso: Upright semi-cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased with the other papyri housed in the frames labelled as Papyrus 113.1- Papyrus 113.17 from the Reverend Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) on 13 July 1878.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. I 113.16
SB I 5314
SB I 5315 - Information About Copies:
- Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1876-1881 (London: British Museum, 1882), p. 280.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum I (London: British Museum 1893), p. XVIII, no. 113.16 descr.
Recto
C. Wessely, ‘Griechische Papyri des British-Museum’, Wiener Studien. Zeitschrift für classische Philologie 12 (1890), pp. 81-97 (p. 93).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Aegypten I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1915), pp. 562-563, no. 5314.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 183.
Verso
C. Wessely, ‘Griechische Papyri des British-Museum’, Wiener Studien. Zeitschrift für classische Philologie 12 (1890), pp. 81-97 (p. 93).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Aegypten I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1915), p. 563, no. 5315.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)