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Papyrus 436
- Record Id:
- 040-002104807
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000f8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127987.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 436
- Title:
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Two ‘Penthemeros’-Certificates (SB XX 14968, TM 14909-14910)
- Scope & Content:
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Two 'penthemeros' (five-day)-certificates issued for the requisite five-day work on the dykes to members of the same family.
Column 1: Certificate issued to Petesuchus, son of Dicranes and Tanetbes, for the five-day work performed at the canal of Hephaistion. With subscriptions at the end.
Column 2: Certificate issued to Ptollis, son of Petesuchus, for the five-day work performed at the canal of Hephaistion. With subscriptions at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104807 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 436 : Two ‘Penthemeros’-Certificates (SB XX 14968, TM 14909-14910) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0305]/040-002104807
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The sheet is complete, although the surface is abraded in places and there are a few holes throughout. All margins are extant and the texts are complete. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127987.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0069
- End Date:
- 0069
- Date Range:
- 4 July-10 August 69
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 75x 152 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 135 x 205 mm.
Script: Five cursive hands, one for the body of the documents, small and rapid; a second filled in the details, the other three for the subscriptions at the end.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 401-447 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 15 May 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 436 descr.
SB XX 14968 - 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. 448.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xxxix, no. 436 descr.
W. H. M. Liesker, P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Another First-Century Penthemeros-Certificate’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 72 (1988), pp. 75-78.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), pp. 569-570, no. 14968.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 232.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)