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Papyrus 292
- Record Id:
- 040-002104665
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003e4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125586.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 292
- Title:
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Sale of a House (SB XVI 12957, P.Lond. II 292, TM 14685)
- Scope & Content:
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Contract for the sale of a collapsed house sold by Taharpagathes, daughter of Tesenouphis, who is acting with her guardian, to Stotoetis the third; details of the location of the house are provided. Taharpagathes acknowledges receipt of 300 silver drachmas as a payment for the house. With subscription of Taharpagathes in Greek at the end, written by someone else, and the autograph subscription in Demotic.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104665 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 292 : Sale of a House (SB XVI 12957, P.Lond. II 292, TM 14685) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0184]/040-002104665
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Dark-brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the left, with holes and surface damage throughout; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There is one wide column of 27 lines in Greek, all lacking the beginnings, and an additional line in Demotic at the end, complete. Upper and lower margins are preserved; no margin was left at the right; the left margin is lost. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125586.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Egyptian (Ancient)
Greek, Ancient - Scripts:
- Egyptian demotic
Greek - Start Date:
- 0103
- End Date:
- 0114
- Date Range:
- 103-114
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 237 x 256 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 305 mm.
Script: Lines 1-21: Thick cursive hand of small size; lines 21-27: thin, sloping cursive hand of small size; line 28: Demotic.
- 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. 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 292
SB XVI 12957 - 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. 292 descr.
H. Maehler, ‘Häuser und ihre Bewohner im Fayûm in der Kaiserzeit’, in Das römisch-byzantinische Ägypten. Akten des internationalen Symposions. Trier, 26.-30. September 1978 = Aegyptiaca Treverensia II (Mainz am Rhein: P. von Zabern 1983) pp. 119-137 (pp. 134-136, with pl. 32).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XVI (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1985), pp. 458-460, no. 12957.
F. Reiter, ‘Einige Bemerkungen zu dokumentarischen Papyri’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 107 (1995), pp. 95-103 (p. 100).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 217.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 221.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)