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Papyrus 375
- Record Id:
- 040-002104748
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000045
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127192.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 375
- Title:
- Will (P.Lond. II 375, TM 28037)
- Scope & Content:
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A will of a man whose name is lost, who makes provisions for the members of his family in the case of his death. His wife Isidora, his three sons and his daughter are to inherit landed property in various villages of the Arsinoite nome, slaves, livestock, real estate and a house in the capital. A guardian is appointed for the youngest son and presumably the daughter; a dowry is also mentioned. The subscriptions of the witnesses are at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104748 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 375 : Will (P.Lond. II 375, TM 28037) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0267]/040-002104748
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Light-brown papyrus sheet in poor condition, lacking part of its lower portion and with loss to the left and right; it is torn at the edges. The text is incomplete and runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; from line 29, lines are badly mutilated. Strips of horizontal fibres are missing, with the layer of vertical fibres underneath visible in places. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127192.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 148 x 112 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 205 x 155 mm.
Script: Angular and rapid cursive hand of small size; four cursive hands from line 34 to the end for the subscriptions.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), 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 375
- 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. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xxxv, no. 375.
O. Montevecchi, ‘ΑΝΕΚΛΟΓΙΣΤΟΣ – ΑΝΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΕΥΤΟΣ’, Aegyptus 77 (1997), pp. 43-52 (p. 50).
R. P. Salomons, ‘Testamentaria’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 156 (2006), pp. 217-241 (pp. 217-222, no. 1).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)