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Papyrus 291
- Record Id:
- 040-002104664
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003e3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125455.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 291
- Title:
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Acknowledgment of Grain Received (P.Lond. II 291, TM 11675)
- Scope & Content:
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Receipts issued by the grain collectors (sitologi) of Apias and other villages to various people, among whom are Pecysis, son of Harpagathes, and Stotoetis, son of Harpagathes, concerning the amounts of wheat that they have paid. The text is much defaced.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104664 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 291 : Acknowledgment of Grain Received (P.Lond. II 291, TM 11675) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0183]/040-002104664
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet in poor condition, mutilated and defaced throughout. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Upper, right and lower margins are extant, the right being minimal; the left margin is much damaged. A sheet-join runs across the fibres at c. 35-43 mm from the right edge; dark spots are visible throughout. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125455.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0106
- End Date:
- 0107
- Date Range:
- 106-107
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 232 x 157 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 280 x 205 mm.
Script: Small, rapid, upright cursive hand.
- 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 291
- 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), p. xxviii, no. 291 descr.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Traianus Dacicus and the Papyri’, Mnemosyne. Fourth Series 36 (1983), pp. 359-366 (p. 365).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 176.
T. Derda, Ἀρσινοΐτης νομός. Administration of the Fayum under Roman Rule, Journal of Juristic Papyrology, Supplements 7 (Warsaw: Faculty of Law and Administration, Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Fundacja im. Rafała Taubenschlag 2006), p. 139.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)