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Papyrus 620
- Record Id:
- 040-002105004
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0002ce
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128903.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 620
- Title:
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Fragment of a Will (P.Grenf. I 24, P.Lond. III 620 descr., TM 48347)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragment of a will drawn up in Krokodilopolis, in the Pathyrite nome; the name of the testator is lost. The dating clause and the opening of the document survive.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105004 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 620 : Fragment of a Will (P.Grenf. I 24, P.Lond. III 620 descr., TM 48347) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0982]/040-002105004
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus fragment, broken off to the sides; the surviving portion is well preserved. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Parts of 9 lines lacking beginnings and ends remain. Some blank space separates line 7 from line 8. Upper and lower margins are wide. A sheet-join running across the fibres and along the height of the sheet is visible in the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128903.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0139
- End Date:
- -0132
- Date Range:
- 139-132 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 151 x 113 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 205 x 175 mm.
Script: Lines 1-7: Small, upright cursive hand; lines 8-9 and line 7: large, upright hand, with few ligatures.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis, Pathyrite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Pathyris (Gebelein), Pathyrite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 605-650 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) on 9 November 1895.
- Former External References:
- P.Grenf. I 24
P.Lond. III 620 descr. - 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. 523.
B. P. Grenfell, An Alexandrian Erotic Fragment and Other Greek Papyri Chiefly Ptolemaic (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1896), pp. 50-51, no. 24.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xx, no. 620 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 45.
P.W. Pestman, Textes et études de papyrologie grecque, démotique et copte. Pap.Lugd.Bat. XXIII (Leiden: Brill 1985), p. 16, no. 4; p. 24.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 62.
P. Nadig, Zwischen König und Karikatur: das Bild Ptolemaios' VIII. im Spannungsfeld der Überlieferung (München: C.H. Beck 2007), pp. 248-249.
M. Nowak, Wills in the Roman Empire. A Documentary Approach. The Journal of Juristic Papyrology, Supplement 23 (2015), pp. 11, 266.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)