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Papyrus 208
- Record Id:
- 040-002104589
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000386
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123803.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 208
- Title:
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Miscellenaeous Documents (P.Lond. II 208a ro., TM 11551, P.Lond. II 208a vo. descr., TM 28027; P.Lond. II 208b descr., TM 28028; P.Lond. II 208d descr., TM 19969), and Philosophical Text (P.Lond.Lit. 161, P.Lond. II 208c, TM 63199, LDAB 4323)
- Scope & Content:
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Top left papyrus (A), (P.Lond. II 208a ro. and P.Lond. II 208a vo. descr.)
Recto (TM 11551): Notification of death addressed to Herminus, royal scribe (basilikos grammateus) of the division of Herakleides in the Arsinoite nome from Heron, who reports the death of his brother of the same mother Abascantus, a freedman. Heron asks that Abascantus may be added to the register of the dead. Dated to June-July 138.
Verso: A second-century draft of a deed of sale, much defaced. Unpublished.
Top right papyrus (B), (P.Lond. II 208b descr., TM 28028): Sempronia Thaisarion, owner of some land Psenharpsenesis, acknowledges receipt of a sum of money in accordance with a public deed. Second century. Unpublished.
Bottom left papyrus (C), (P.Lond.Lit. 161, TM 63199, LDAB 4323): Fragment of a first-century literary work of philosophical character, mentioning Stoics.
Bottom right papyrus (D), (P.Lond. II 208d descr., TM 19969): Document concerning the payment of wheat, dated between 138 and 161. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104589 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 208 : Miscellenaeous Documents (P.Lond. II 208a ro., TM 11551, P.Lond. II 208a vo. descr., TM 28027; P.Lond. II 208b descr., TM 28028;… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0127]/040-002104589
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Four papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in the same glass case.
Top left papyrus (A): dark brown sheet, complete, with surface damage throughout; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears 28 lines; all margins are extant. The back bears 24 lines, abraded; all margins are extant.
Top right papyrus (B): Fragment of a sheet, broken off at the bottom and left; with few small insect holes. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The top of a column is preserved; portions of 12 lines survive. The upper margin is extant, no margin was apparently left to the right.
Bottom left papyrus (C): Fragment, broken off at the sides and at the top, damaged by insect holes; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The feet of two columns is preserved, with portions of 5 and 6 lines respectively. The lower margin measures 55 mm and the intercolumn 18 mm.
Bottom right papyrus (D): Fragment of a sheet, damaged at the bottom, left and top right edge; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 17 lines, some of which mutilated, preceded by line ends of another column.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123803.0x000001 (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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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 206 x 77 mm; B: 94 x 85 mm; C: 108 x 83 mm; D: 150 x 128. Housed in a glass case measuring 380 x 255 mm.
Script: A: Recto and Verso: two cursive hands of small size; B: Medium-sized semi-cursive hand; C: Somewhat irregular book-hand with some cursive tendencies, occasionally compressed at the end of the lines, with serifs at the end of uprights; D: Rapid, thin sloping cursive hand of small size; lines are slightly uneven; thicker and rougher cursive hand in column 1.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt. B: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt. C-D: Egypt.
Provenance: A: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt. B-D: Egypt.Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 177-207 from L. Paul Philip on 26 March 1891.
- Former External References:
- CPJ II 35
P.Lond. II 208a ro.
P.Lond. II 208a vo. descr.
P.Lond. II 208b descr.
P.Lond. II 208c
P.Lond. II 208d descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 161 - 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. 409.
A
Recto
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 67-68, no. 208a recto.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 246.
M. H. de Kat Eliassen, ‘List of Royal Scribes of the Arsinoites in the Roman period’, Symbolae Osloenses 55 (1980), pp. 95-110 (p. 97).
D. Bonneau, ‘L'apotropaïque « abaskantos » en Égypte’, Revue de l'histoire des religions 199 (1982), pp. 23-36 (pp. 26-27).
Corpus Papyrorum Graecarum II. Il Controllo della popolazione nell'Egitto Romano, Pt. 1, Le Denunce di morte (Azzate: ipolitografia Tibiletti 1985), no. 35, with pl. xxxiv.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 175.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 97.
T. Kruse, Der Königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung 1 (München- Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2002), p. 154, n. 292.
Verso
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xix, no. 208a verso descr.
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xix, no. 208b descr.
C
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xix, no. 208c descr.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 131, no. 161.
A. Körte, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 10 (1932), p. 223.
D
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xix, no. 208d descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)