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Papyrus 1243
- Record Id:
- 040-002104581
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00037e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464724.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1243
- Title:
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Loan of Money (P.Lond. III 1243, TM 22857)
- Scope & Content:
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Aurelius Cornelius, son of Eudaemon, of Hermopolis, acknowledges receipt of a loan of 152 drachmas from the pancratiast Aurelius Phoebammon, son of Posidonius, to be repaid within the same month. With date and Cornelius’ subscription at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104581 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1243 : Loan of Money (P.Lond. III 1243, TM 22857) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0119]/040-002104581
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, lacking part of the left edge and damaged by insect holes throughout; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 24 lines; margins are minimal except for the lower margin, which measures 50 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464724.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0281
- End Date:
- 0281
- Date Range:
- 29 September 281
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 233 x 110 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 160 mm.
Script: Thin, sloping cursive hand; different hand for the subscription in the last four lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1243
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 444.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 176-177, no. 1243.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 287.
M. Vandoni, Feste pubbliche e private nei documenti greci (Milano-Varese: Istituto editoriale cisalpino 1964), p. 120, no. 118.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 63.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 90.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 187.
G. Kreucher, Der Kaiser Marcus Aurelius Probus und seine Zeit (Stuttgart: Steiner 2003), pp. 52, 59, 77, and passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)