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Papyrus 162
- Record Id:
- 040-002104543
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000346
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470176.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 162
- Title:
- Loan of Money and Other Documents (P.Lond. II 162(a-c), TM 25611-13)
- Scope & Content:
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Top left papyrus (A) (TM 25611): Contract written in Karanis in the hand of Heron, son of Satyrus recording the loan of money made by Miccalus, son of Ptolemaeus, to two sons of Petosiris; with subscription of the borrowers at the end. Dated 12 June 98.
Other papyri (B-C) (TM 25612-25613): Fragments of two documents, unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104543 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 162 : Loan of Money and Other Documents (P.Lond. II 162(a-c), TM 25611-13) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0081]/040-002104543
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Three papyrus fragments not belonging together, housed in the same glass frame.
Top left papyrus (A): Right-hand portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet; the left side is badly shredded; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 24 lines, originally containing 40-45 letters; slightly less than 2/3 is lost.
Top right papyrus (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, partly complete at the bottom, broken off on all other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 15 lines; the lower margin partly survives. The back is blank.
Bottom papyrus (C): Light- to medium-brown papyrus fragment with detached scrap; complete at the top; written on one side along the fibres. The top of a column survives, as well as the upper margin. The back is blank.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470176.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0000
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 1st century-2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 153 x 57 mm; B: 103 x 44 mm; C: 90 x 72 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 330 x 205 mm.
Script: Three rapid cursive hands. A: Hand of Heron, son of Satyrus; different hand for the subscription at the end.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B-C: Egypt.
Provenance: A: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B-C: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 139-176 from the Reverend Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) on 2 February 1891.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 162(a)
P.Lond. II 162(b)
P.Lond. II 162(c) - 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. 401.
A
Frederic G. Kenyon, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, II (London: British Museum, 1898), p. xv, no. 162(a) descr.
W. Graham Claytor, ‘Two Papyri from the Archive of Mikkalos and the Establishment of the Bibliotheke Enkteseon’, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, 57 (2020), 19-42 (pp. 26-31, no. 2, with plate).
B-C
Frederic G. Kenyon, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, II (London: British Museum, 1898), p. xv, no. 162(b-c) descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)