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Papyrus 279
- Record Id:
- 040-002104652
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003d7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468425.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 279
- Title:
- Sale of a Donkey (SB XVI 13073, P.Lond. II 279 descr., TM 14711)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary contract for the sale of a white-mouse-coloured female donkey foal by Herigeus (Herieus), aged 50, to Onnophris, aged 35, in the village of Neilopolis.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104652 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 279 : Sale of a Donkey (SB XVI 13073, P.Lond. II 279 descr., TM 14711) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0171]/040-002104652
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Fragmentary papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and left, with abrasion and small insect holes in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 17 lines, lacking the beginnings. Only the upper margin survives. and measures 35 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468425.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0051
- End Date:
- 0051
- Date Range:
- 3 December 51
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 143 x 55 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 190 x 105 mm.
Script: Thin, rapid cursive hand of small size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Neilopolis (Tell el-Rusas), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: 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 279 descr.
SB XVI 13073 - 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), p. xxvii, no. 279 descr.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘P.Lond.II 466 und SPP XXII 29’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 56 (1984), pp. 97-100 (pp. 99-100).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XVI (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1985), no. 13073.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 297.
N. Litinas, 'P.Lond. III 1128: Sale of a Donkey’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 124 (1999), pp. 195-204 (p. 200, no. 26).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)