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Papyrus 299
- Record Id:
- 040-002104672
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0002fb
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125732.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 299
- Title:
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Declaration (P.Lond. II 299, Chrest.Mitt. 204, TM 11681)
- Scope & Content:
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Declaration addressed to Dionysius and Theon, former gymnasiarchs and keepers of the public archives of Arsinoe, from the priest Herodes alias Petenephies and his sister and wife, priestess, stating that they intend to free a male slave. With official docket at the beginning.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104672 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 299 : Declaration (P.Lond. II 299, Chrest.Mitt. 204, TM 11681) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0191]/040-002104672
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, almost complete, but damaged by insect holes especially in the lower half, and abraded in places; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 20 lines, of which the first two are indented. Margins survive, with the left and lower being damaged. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125732.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0128
- End Date:
- 0128
- Date Range:
- 26 October 128
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 151 x 67 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 205 x 115 mm.
Script: Lines 1-2: Thick and large upright cursive hand. Line 3-end: Small, rapid and rough cursive hand, with a slight slant to the right; a word at the end of line 13 is thicker and in darker ink.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt.
Provenance: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt. Provenance: 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 299
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), pp. 426-427.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 150-151, no. 299.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, ‘Corrections to Kenyon's Catalogue of Brit. Mus. Papyri (II.)’, The Classical Review 12 (1898), pp. 434-436 (p. 435).
F. Preisigke, Girowesen im griechischen Ägypten enthaltend Korngiro, Geldgiro, Giro-banknotariat, mit Einschluss des Archivwesens: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Verwaltungsdienstes im Altertume (Strassburg: 1910), pp. 285-286.
L. Mitteis, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. II Hälfte Chrestomathie (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 224-225, no. 204.
C. Wessely, Sklaven-Prosangelie bei der Bibliotheke Enkteseon. Stud.Pal. XIII (Leipzig: Avenarius 1913), pp. 1-3 (pp. 2-3).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 255.
J. L. Alonso, ‘The Bibliotheke Enkteseon and the Alienation of Real Securities in Roman Egypt’, Journal of Juristic Papyrology 40 (2010), pp. 11-54 (p. 29, n. 62).
D. Hagedorn, F. Reiter, ‘Eine Neuedition von P.Berl. Cohen 8’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 61 (2015), pp. 317-322 (p. 321, n. 8).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)