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Papyrus 390
- Record Id:
- 040-002104763
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00006c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127282.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 390
- Title:
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Sale of Wine for Future Delivery (P.Lond. II 390, TM 37002)
- Scope & Content:
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Cosmas, son of Georgius, acknowledges that he has received the price for 80 kouri (a standard measure) of wine of top quality in advance from Ioannes, weaver of Arsinoe. The wine will be delivered in the month of Mesore (late July-August). The vineywards of Cosmas are mortgaged as security.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104763 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 390 : Sale of Wine for Future Delivery (P.Lond. II 390, TM 37002) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0282]/040-002104763
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and slightly damaged along the left edge. Writing runs on one side across the fibres, with the back blank. A sheet-join running across the fibres along the width of the sheet is visible at the bottom. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127282.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 6th century-7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 91 x 327 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 150 x 380 mm.
Script: Proficient, neat and overall regular cursive hand, sloping to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: 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 390
- 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. 443.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 333, no. 390.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 271.
N. Kruit, ‘The Meaning of Various Words Related to Wine: Some New Interpretations’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 90 (1992), pp. 265-276 (p. 265).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 130.
Ph. Mayerson, ‘Transactions Involving γλεῦκοϲ/μοῦϲτοϲ: Must or Wine? Or Must Wine?’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 36 (1999), pp. 123-128 (p. 127).
D. Jakab, ‘Kauf oder Darlehen? Lieferungskäufe über Wein aus dem römischen Ägypten’, in T. Gagos, A. Hyatt (eds.), Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Papyrology, Ann Arbor, July 29-August 4, 2007 (Ann Arbor: Scholarly Publishing Office, The University of Michigan Library 2010), pp. 335-344.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)