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Papyrus 473
- Record Id:
- 040-002104844
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00018d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128352.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 473
- Title:
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Sale of a Donkey (P.Lond. II 473, TM 11754)
- Scope & Content:
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Sarapion, aged 45, has purchased a white-coloured female donkey at the market-place in Arsinoe. The document is signed by Melas.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104844 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 473 : Sale of a Donkey (P.Lond. II 473, TM 11754) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0342]/040-002104844
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Square-shaped papyrus sheet of small size, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text, complete, occupies half of the sheet and consists of seven lines, the ink of some of which is dripped. All margins are extant, with no margin at the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128352.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0193
- End Date:
- 0193
- Date Range:
- 20 March 193
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 80 x 74 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 130 x 130 mm.
Script: Thick, irregular, rapid cursive hand of small size, sloping to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt.
Provenance: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 465-481 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in June 1894.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 473
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1894-1899 (London: British Museum 1901), p. 497.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 76-77, no. 473.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 247.
A. Leone, Gli animali da trasporto nell'Egitto greco, romano e bizantino (Roma: Editrice Pontificio istituto biblico), pp. 12, 27.
N. Litinas, 'P.Lond. III 1128: Sale of a Donkey’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 124 (1999), pp. 195-204 (p. 197).
N. Cohen, Greek Documentary Papyri from Egypt in the Berlin Aegyptisches Museum (Oakville, Connecticut: American Studies in Papyrology 2007), pp. 59-62.
F. Mitthof, ‘Urkundenreferat 2007’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 54 (2008), pp. 266-298 (pp. 269-270).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)