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Papyrus 300
- Record Id:
- 040-002104673
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0002fc
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468611.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 300
- Title:
- Declaration concerning a Sale of Land (P.Lond. II 300, TM 11682)
- Scope & Content:
- Declaration addressed to Dionysius and Theon, former gymnasiarchs and keepers of the public archives of the Arsinoite nome, from Gaius Valerius Maior concerning the sale of four aruras of catoecic land, purchased by Heraclides, son of Diogenes, so that the transfer may be recorded. With official docket at the beginning.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104673 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 300 : Declaration concerning a Sale of Land (P.Lond. II 300, TM 11682) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0192]/040-002104673
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Long and narrow papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved, with few small insect holes in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 16 lines, complete, and all margins are extant. The blank space at the bottom measures 65 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468611.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0129
- End Date:
- 0129
- Date Range:
- 1 February 129
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 199 x 95 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 240 x 140 mm.
Script: Small, rapid and thin cursive hand; different cursive hand in lines 1-2.
- 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 300
- 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. 427.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 151-152, no. 300.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 255.
S. Vanbeselaere, ‘The Gaii Valerii Gaius Valerius Longus' Alleged Archive and His Relatives’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 187 (2013), pp. 239-254 (p. 250).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)