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Papyrus 1040
- Record Id:
- 040-002104858
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001ba
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143122553.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1040
- Title:
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Codicil to a Will (ZPE 156, p. 226, P.Lond. III 1040 descr., TM 38254)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragmentary codicil to an existing will, including the request of the testator that the official certificate of his will be delivered, the statement by the notary Marcellinus confirming the delivery, and the statement of the testator about the changes to be made. Provisions are made about a debt, a female slave, to be freed with her children, and the testator’s possessions. A yearly grant in wheat is to be made for a religious institution.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104858 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1040 : Codicil to a Will (ZPE 156, p. 226, P.Lond. III 1040 descr., TM 38254) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0997]/040-002104858
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and sides, with minor damage in the preserved portion; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being balnk. On the front there are 26 lines, lacking beginnings and ends. Of the first line, only few traces remain. A sheet-join runs across the fibres in the middle of the fragment. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143122553.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 313 x 182 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 365 x 230 mm.
Script: Proficient, thin and large cursive hand, sloping to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Antaiopolis (Qaw el-Kebir), Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1040 descr.
ZPE 156, p. 226 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 246, no. 1038.
R. P. Salomons, ‘Testamentaria’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 156 (2006), pp. 217-241 (pp. 226-232).
M. Meerson, ‘Seasons of Death for Donors and Testators’, 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. 541–550 (p. 542).
D. Hagedorn, ‘Die Verwendung von Zahlsubstantiven zur Bezeichnung von Monatstagen in den griechischen Papyri’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 59 (2013), pp. 123-137 (pp. 130-131).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)