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Papyrus 277
- Record Id:
- 040-002104650
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003d5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125247.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 277
- Title:
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Loan of Money (P.Lond. II 277, TM 11664)
- Scope & Content:
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Copy of a loan contract registered in the registration office (grapheion) of Soknopaiou Nesos, whereby Panephrummis, son of Herieus, with the agreement of his wife, borrows 64 drachmas and 4 obols with interest from Stotoetis, son of Tesenouphis. The loan is to be repaid in twelve months and is secured upon the seventh part of a house with courtyard in Soknopaiou Nesos. Another Panephrummis, son of Papais, wrote on behalf of the borrowers as they were illiterate.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104650 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 277 : Loan of Money (P.Lond. II 277, TM 11664) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0169]/040-002104650
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, dark-brown in the left half; complete, although damaged by holes, located especially along the horizontal folding lines. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text consists of one column with 23 lines; all margins are extant, with no blank space at the right. The lower margin measures 75 mm. The surface is abraded in places. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125247.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0023
- End Date:
- 0023
- Date Range:
- 3 February 23
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 263 x 114 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 320 x 175 mm.
Script: Small, uneven hand, occasionally detached and displaying more cursive sequences of letters.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 272-400 from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) on 11 April 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 277
- 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. 423.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 217-218, no. 277.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 264.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 129.
D. P. Kehoe, D. M. Ratzan, U. Yiftach, Law and transaction costs in the ancient economy (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 2015), pp. 170-171.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)