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Papyrus 294
- Record Id:
- 040-002104667
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003e6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125631.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 294
- Title:
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Marriage Agreement and Other Documents (SB XXIV 16256, P.Lond. II 294 descr., TM 11677)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto: Collection of various documents.
Columns 1-column 3, line 1: Marriage agreement between Epimachus and Cronia, and division of property of Cronia’s parents, Isidorus and Thermutharion, to become effective after their death; dated to 24 July 109.
Column 3, lines 2-20: Registration made by Thermutharion of four slaves born to three of her slaves, dated to 28 August 105.
Column 3, lines 21-end: Extract from a census register of the second year of Hadrian (117-118) and declaration concerning four slaves on the run.
Verso: List in three columns with names arranged by village. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104667 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 294 : Marriage Agreement and Other Documents (SB XXIV 16256, P.Lond. II 294 descr., TM 11677) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0186]/040-002104667
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, bearing writing on both sides, along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso. The recto preserves three columns, the first only having the ends of the lines; 24-36 mm were left blank at the top, 22-27 mm at the right and 15-20 mm at the bottom. On the verso there are three complete columns. The surface is abraded in places and damaged by holes. Seven vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0117
- End Date:
- 0118
- Date Range:
- after 117-118
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 207 x 327 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 255 x 380 mm.
Script: Small, experienced cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis, 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 294 descr.
SB XXIV 16256 - 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. 426.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xxviii, no. 294 descr.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Marriage Agreement with Property Division to Take Effect after Death and Other Documents’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 111 (1996), pp. 163-170.
G. Schenke, ‘Das περιδέξιον in P. Lond. 2.294’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 121 (1998), pp. 301-302.
S. Russo, I gioielli nei papiri di età greco-romana (Firenze: Istituto papirologico G. Vitelli 1999), pp. 130-132, no. 4.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XXIV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2003), pp. 365-366, no. 16256.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 242.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)