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Papyrus 339
- Record Id:
- 040-002104712
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003a3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143126708.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 339
- Title:
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Sale of Donkeys (P.Lond. II 339, TM 19986)
- Scope & Content:
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Sale of a white female donkey and her foal for 160 drachmas, the sellers being Eirenaeus and Phasis and the buyer Sotas, son of Ptolemaeus. With date at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104712 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 339 : Sale of Donkeys (P.Lond. II 339, TM 19986) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0231]/040-002104712
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, complete, with small insect holes and little abrasion; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text is complete and occupies the upper half of the sheet; there are 17 lines, the last 3 of which are separated by some blank space from the rest of the text. All margins are extant, the right being irregular and minimal. The blank space at the bottom measures c. 100 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143126708.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0179
- End Date:
- 0179
- Date Range:
- 26 September 179
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 222 x 86 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 275 x 140 mm.
Script: Rapid cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: 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 339
- 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. 435.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 200, no. 339, with pl. 72.
R. Ziegler, ‘Bemerkungen zur Datierung dokumentarischer Papyri und Ostraka’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 114 (1996), pp. 157-161 (p. 160).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)