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Papyrus 315
- Record Id:
- 040-002104688
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00034b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143126291.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 315
- Title:
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Acknowledgment of Grain Received (P.Lond. II 315, Chrest.Wilck 357, TM 11694)
- Scope & Content:
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Petesuchus and the other directors of the granary (sitologoi) of Bakchias and Hephaistias acknowledge the artabas of wheat they have collected.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104688 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 315 : Acknowledgment of Grain Received (P.Lond. II 315, Chrest.Wilck 357, TM 11694) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0207]/040-002104688
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, lacking part of the left hand side and damaged along the vertical folds. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text consists of one column with 21 lines, some of which lack a few letters at the beginning. All margins are extant, although the left is damaged and the right is minimal. The blank space at the bottom measures 115 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143126291.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0150
- End Date:
- 0150
- Date Range:
- 24 June 150
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 286 x 103 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 330 x 155 mm.
Script: Clear and practised upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Bakchias, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Bakchias, 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:
- Chrest.Wilck. 357
P.Lond. II 315 - 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. 430.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 90, no. 315.
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. 434).
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. 106-107.
U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. I.II (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), p. 420, no. 357.
A. C. Johnson, An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome. Vol. II. Roman Egypt to the Reign of Diocletian (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1936), pp. 496-497, no. 311.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)