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Papyrus 138
- Record Id:
- 040-002104519
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00032e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058770635.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 138
- Title:
- Deed of sale (ChLA III 199; P.Ital. II 46; TM 114822)
- Scope & Content:
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Deed of sale made on behalf of a woman to a purchaser (both names are lost) at the price of 30 gold solidi. Only the pertinential formula survives, namely the section in which the scribe specifies that, if there are more assets belonging to the land in question, these will become property of the purchaser.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Papyri Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104519 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 138 : Deed of sale (ChLA III 199; P.Ital. II 46; TM 114822) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0057]/040-002104519
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- A fragment from a papyrus roll. Mounted in glass.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058770635.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0600
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 265 x 290 mm, mounted in a glass case.
Ruling: portion of 1 column containing 11 lines on the recto.
Script: The script is a Latin new Roman cursive that is upright, well-shaped but somewhat rigid. Some letters, like 'd', have the shape of the ancient Roman cursive. Written across the fibres.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Unknown.
Provenance: It may come from the archbishop’s archive of Ravenna. From the 17th century onwards it was part of several Italian collections. Three names, written on the papyrus, identify earlier owners: Livio Rossi, ’Rocco Piissimo’, and ‘Marcellus’. Further owned by Vincenzo Bruni of Senigallia. It was purchased by the British Museum on 11 October 1890.
- Source of Acquisition:
- It was acquired for the British Museum on 11 October 1890.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years 1888 - 1893, (London: British Museum, 1894), p. 396.
J.-O. Tjäder, Die nichtliterarischen lateinischen Papyri Italiens aus der Zeit 445-700, II (Stockholm 1982), n° 46.
F. G. Kenyon, 'Greek Papyri in the British Museum', I (London 1983), p. XIX.
A. Bruckner, R. Marichal, 'Chartae Latinae Antiquiores', III, Great Britain 1 (Olten-Lausanne, 1963), n° 199; XLVIII (Dietikon-Zürich 1998), n° 199.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)