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Papyrus 265
- Record Id:
- 040-002104638
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003c9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058771105.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 265
- Title:
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Demotic Text (P.Lond. II 265r descr., TM 63116), Metrological Problems (P.Lond. II 265, TM 25619, LDAB 4320, MP3 2326) and Census Register (P.Lond. II 265v descr., TM 25620)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto:
Column 1 (P.Lond. II 265r descr., TM 63116): Demotic text.
Columns 2- 8 (P.Lond. II 265, TM 25619, LDAB 4320, MP3 2326): Mathematical problems with headings, of which seven columns survive, not fully preserved. The text concerns the conversion between six different standards of artabas and provides twenty-nine examples of conversion of 625 artabas in one standard into the others.
Verso (P.Lond. II 265v descr., TM 25620): Census register listing both adults and infants under fourteen years old, arranged in columns, quite damaged.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104638 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 265 : Demotic Text (P.Lond. II 265r descr., TM 63116), Metrological Problems (P.Lond. II 265, TM 25619, LDAB 4320, MP3 2326) and… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0157]/040-002104638
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragments from a papyrus roll written on both sides and containing several columns, not fully preserved; written in Greek, with one column in Demotic.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058771105.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Egyptian (Ancient)
Greek, Ancient - Scripts:
- Egyptian demotic
Greek - Start Date:
- 0000
- End Date:
- 0099
- Date Range:
- 1st century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
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Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 260 x 1225 mm; mounted in one glass frames measuring 400 x 1360 mm.
Script: Recto: Good-sized semi-cursive hand; Verso: Rough semi-cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 256-271 from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) on 14 March 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 265
- 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. 420.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 129-141, no. 267 ro., p. XXV, no. 265 Ro-Vo descr., pp. 257-264, no. 265.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 81.
A. C. Johnson, An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome II. Roman Egypt to the Reign of Diocletian (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1936), pp. 467-468, no. 298.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1986), p. 84.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1992), p. 175.
D. Fowler, Mathematics of Plato's Academy. A New Reconstruction (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1999), pp. 248-253, no. 7.3(c).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1995), pp. 128-129.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)