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Papyrus 309
- Record Id:
- 040-002104682
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000305
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143126186.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 309
- Title:
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Declaration of Camels (P.Lond. II 309, TM 11688)
- Scope & Content:
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A declaration addressed to the strategus Archibius and the royal scribe (basilikos grammateus) of the division of Herakleides in the Arsinoite nome from Stotoetis, son Stotoetis, grandson of Stotoetis, of Soknopaiou Nesos. Stotoetis declares that one of his four camels has died and registers three camels for the current year. With official dockets at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104682 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 309 : Declaration of Camels (P.Lond. II 309, TM 11688) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0201]/040-002104682
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Light-brown papyrus sheet, almost complete but damaged by holes throughout, especially along the right edge and the horizontal folding lines. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The texts consists of one column of 23 lines, with only the last lines somewhat mutilated at the end. The surface is abraded in places and two lines are blotted; bottom, left, and upper margins are extant; the right is minimal and is not fully preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143126186.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0146
- End Date:
- 0146
- Date Range:
- 28 January 146
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 196 x 77 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 250 x 130 mm.
Script: Clear cursive hand of medium size, with a tendency to become smaller toward the ends of the lines. Four different hands for the dockets from line 14 to the end, all cursive, more rapid and rougher.
- 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, 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 309
- 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. 428-429.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 73, no. 309.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 247.
A. Jördens, ‘Sozialstrukturen im Arbeitstierhandel des kaiserzeitlichen Ägypten’, Tyche. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 10 (1995), pp. 37-100 (p. 66, n. 139).
Th. Kruse, Der königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung : Untersuchungen zur Verwaltungsgeschichte Ägyptens in der Zeit von Augustus bis Philippus Arabs (30 v.Chr. - 245 n. Chr.) (München: K.G. Saur 2002), p. 194, n. 406 and passim.
Th. Kruse, ‘Die Kompetenzen des administrativen Hilfspersonals der enchorischen Beamten in der römischen Kaiserzeit’, in T. Derda, A. Łajtar, and J. Urbanik (eds.), Proceedings of the 27th International Congress of Papyrology. Warsaw, 29 July - 3 August 2013 (Journal of Juristic Papyrology suppl. 28) (Warsaw: Faculty of Law and Administration, Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Fundacja im. Rafała Taubenschlag 2016), pp. 1761-1774 (p. 1767).
- Exhibitions:
- Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)