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Papyrus 456
- Record Id:
- 040-002104827
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00015c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128193.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 456
- Title:
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Fragment of an Agreement (P.Lond. II 456, TM 37012)
- Scope & Content:
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End of a compromissum involving the payment of a sum of money, with subscriptions of the parties, of the witnesses and of the notary Menas.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104827 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 456 : Fragment of an Agreement (P.Lond. II 456, TM 37012) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0325]/040-002104827
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and right. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128193.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 0650
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 95x 93 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 145 x 140 mm.
Script: Rapid sloping cursive hand for the body of the document; five more hands for the subscriptions.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 450-458 and Coptic papyri from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) in March 1893 and transferred from the Oriental Department of the British Museum in November 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 456
- 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. 450.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 335, no. 456.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 271.
J. M. Diethart, K. A. Worp, Notarsunterschriften im byzantinischen Ägypten: (Byz. Not.) (Wien: Hollinek 1986), p. 44, no. 12.4.2.
N. Gonis, 'Abbreviations in Late Documents Resolved', Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 66 (2020), 346-58 (p. 348).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)