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Papyrus 439
- Record Id:
- 040-002104810
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00010b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128020.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 439
- Title:
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Statement of Wheat Received (P.Lond. II 439, TM 11745)
- Scope & Content:
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Acknowledgment of receipt of some artabas of wheat by Horion and his colleagues, collectors of grain (sitologi); dated in the reign of Commodus.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104810 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 439 : Statement of Wheat Received (P.Lond. II 439, TM 11745) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0308]/040-002104810
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, damaged by holes throughout, especially in its left half, and with the surface abraded in places. Writing runs across the fibres on one side, the back being blank. All margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128020.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0181
- End Date:
- 0184
- Date Range:
- late 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 150 x 96 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 205 x 160 mm.
Script: Fluent cursive hand of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: 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 439
- 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. 91, no. 439.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 249.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 94.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)