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Papyrus 627
- Record Id:
- 040-002105011
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0002f5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128996.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 627
- Title:
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Loan of Wheat (P.Grenf. I 31, P.Lond. III 627 descr., TM 48349)
- Scope & Content:
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Loan of 7 1/6 artabas of wheat, drawn up in Pathyris before Hermias, representative of the notary Paniscus; the lenders are Herienouphis and his comrades, and the borrower Nechutes. Penalty applies should Nechutes fail to pay the wheat back within the agreed time.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105011 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 627 : Loan of Wheat (P.Grenf. I 31, P.Lond. III 627 descr., TM 48349) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0970]/040-002105011
- 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, somewhat torn along the right edge and with little damage along one horizontal fold, but otherwise well preserved. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The text occupies two thirds of the sheet; there are 19 lines with traces of an additional line at the top. A paragraphus and some blank space separate the last line. Side margins are minimal, and the blank space at the bottom measures 80 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128996.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0101
- End Date:
- -0100
- Date Range:
- 101-100 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 232 x 103 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 155 mm.
Script: Somewhat uneven upright hand of medium size, with some hooked strokes ('Hermias-hand').
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Pathyris (Gebelein), 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 31
P.Lond. III 627 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. 524.
B. P. Grenfell, An Alexandrian Erotic Fragment and Other Greek Papyri Chiefly Ptolemaic (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1896), pp. 60-61, no. 31.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxi, no. 627 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 181.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1969), p. 37.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 95.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 95.
K. Vandorpe, S. Waebens, Reconstructing Pathyris’ Archives. A Multicultural Community in Hellenistic Egypt (Collectanea Hellenistica 3) (Brussels: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van Belgie & l'Union Academique Internationale 2009), p. 126, no. 39.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 80.
M. Vierros, Bilingual notaries in Hellenistic Egypt: a study of Greek as a second language (Collectanea Hellenistica 5) (Brussel: Publikatie van het Comité Klassieke Studies, Subcomité Hellenisme, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten 2012), no. 103.
R. Ast, J. Cowey (eds.), Bulletin of Online Emendations to Papyri 3.1 (December 19, 2013), p. 2.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)