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Papyrus 282
- Record Id:
- 040-002104655
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003da
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125294.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 282
- Title:
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Sale of a Donkey (P.Lond. II 282, TM 11667)
- Scope & Content:
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Sale of a mouse-coloured female donkey purchased by Satabous, son of Stotoetis, aged 45, from Dionysius, son of Eudaemon, aged 57. With subscription of Dionysius at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104655 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 282 : Sale of a Donkey (P.Lond. II 282, TM 11667) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0174]/040-002104655
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two fragments of a dark-brown papyrus sheet, mutilated at the bottom, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text consists of one column of which 27 lines survive, the last 8 being mutilated. The upper margin is extant, the left is preserved until line 18; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125294.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0069
- End Date:
- 0069
- Date Range:
- 20 September 69
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Larger fragment: 177 x 92 mm; smaller fragment: 30 x 62 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 255 x 140 mm.
Script: Thin cursive hand, irregular in size; different hand for the subscription at the end, rougher and thicker.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: 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 282
- 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. 424.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 194-195, no. 282, with pl. 19.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 262.
A. Leone, Gli animali da trasporto nell'Egitto greco, romano e bizantino (Roma: Editrice Pontificio istituto biblico 1988), pp. 11, 19, 22.
N. Litinas, 'P.Lond. III 1128: Sale of a Donkey’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 124 (1999), pp. 195-204 (p. 200).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)