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Papyrus 218
- Record Id:
- 040-002104599
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000390
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123959.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 218
- Title:
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Loan of Wheat (P.Lond. II 218, TM 213)
- Scope & Content:
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Record of a loan of 13 1/3 artabas of wheat drawn up in Pathyris, in the office of the public notary (agoranomus) Ammonius. The lessor is Nechutes, son of Peteharsemtheus, and the lessee is Phatres, son of Chesthotes. The loan is to be repaid seven months later; penalty applies should the lessee fail to pay it back within the agreed time. With subscription of Ammonius at the end and docket on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104599 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 218 : Loan of Wheat (P.Lond. II 218, TM 213) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0137]/040-002104599
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Light-brown papyrus sheet, almost complete, lacking the left edge and the upper right corner (front side); slight damage is located along the horizontal folds. Red-brown stains are visible especially at the bottom.
The papyrus bears writing on both sides, across the fibres on the front and along them on the back. The back was rotated 180 degrees and has a two-line docket. The front contains one broad column of 14 lines, with the last indented. The upper margin is extant, the right is preserved from line 8 and is minimal, and the blank space at the bottom measures 100 mm.
The papyrus displays modern repairs of the early XX century; it is mounted in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123959.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0111
- End Date:
- -0111
- Date Range:
- 24 October 111 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 225 x 139 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 255 x 165 mm.
Script: Regular, flowing cursive hand, with lines inclining upwards.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Pathyris (Gebelein), Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. ‘Found at Erment’ according to the register of acquisitions. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 216-228 from the Reverend Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) on 14 May 1892.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 218
- 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. 412.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 15-16, no. 218, with pl. 5.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 244.
P. W. Pestman, ‘A proposito dei documenti di Pathyris I’, Aegyptus 43 (1963), pp. 10-14 (p. 13) = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1969), p. 50.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)