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Papyrus 308
- Record Id:
- 040-002104681
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000304
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143126165.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 308
- Title:
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Loan (P.Lond. II 308, TM 11687)
- Scope & Content:
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A loan of money and wheat, registered in the registration office (grapheion) of Herakleia, the lender being the priest Stotoetis, son of Horus. The borrower, Apollonius son of Castor, is to return the loan of 200 drachmas and 15 artabas of fine wheat with interest within nine months. The document was written by Alcimus.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104681 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 308 : Loan (P.Lond. II 308, TM 11687) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0200]/040-002104681
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Complete papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are a few small holes and the surface is occasionally abraded along the vertical folding lines. The text consists of one column with 26 lines, the last of which, separated by little blank space, is indented. All margins are extant, with no margin at the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143126165.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0145
- End Date:
- 0145
- Date Range:
- 13 September 145
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 202 x 129 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 255 x 180 mm.
Script: Thin, rapid and proficient cursive hand of small size, occasionally more compressed at the ends of the lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Herakleia, meris of Themistos, 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 308
- 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. 428.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 218-219, no. 308.
D. Hobson, ‘The Village of Heraklia in the Arsinoite Nome’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 22 (1985), pp. 101-115 (p. 105).
O. Montevecchi, La papirologia (Milano: Vita e Pensiero 1988), tav. 52.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)