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Papyrus 289
- Record Id:
- 040-002104662
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003e1
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125389.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 289
- Title:
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Sale of Part of a House (P.Lond. II 289, TM 11673)
- Scope & Content:
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Sale of the fourth share of a house with courtyard and appurtenances located in the street of Leukios in Dionysias by Chares, son of Situs, and his sisters, to a certain Tamystha. The sellers are not to proceed against Tamystha. With autograph subscriptions of Chares and Soterichus, who wrote on behalf of Tamystha, and the registration docket at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104662 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 289 : Sale of Part of a House (P.Lond. II 289, TM 11673) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0181]/040-002104662
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, defaced in places and mutilated to the right; a few holes are also located along the horizontal folds. The text runs along the fibres on one side, with the back blank, and consists of one column with 39 lines. The endings of some lines are lost. All margins are extant, the right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125389.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0091
- End Date:
- 0091
- Date Range:
- 16 February 91
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 298 x 123 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 345 x 190 mm.
Script: Small, uneven cursive hand, with a slant to the right; different hands for the subscriptions at the end: rough and irregular cursive hand from line 24; rough and mostly detached hand for the subscription of Soterichus; small cursive hand in the last two lines for the registration docket.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Euhemeria, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Euhemeria, meris of Themistos, 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 289
- 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. 425.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 184-185, no. 289.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 261.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)