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Papyrus 630
- Record Id:
- 040-002105014
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0002f8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143129010.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 630
- Title:
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Sale of Land (P.Grenf. I 34, P.Lond. III 630 descr., TM 235)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragmentary contract for the sale of some land, executed in Pathyris at the office of the notary Paniscus, with date at the beginning. The names of the parties are lost.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105014 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 630 : Sale of Land (P.Grenf. I 34, P.Lond. III 630 descr., TM 235) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0971]/040-002105014
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two fragments of varying size from the same papyrus sheet, with a gap of 10 letters on average between them. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Portions of 8 lines remain; the upper and lower margins at least partly survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143129010.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0102
- End Date:
- -0101
- Date Range:
- 102-101 BC
- Era:
- BE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Left fragment: 160 x 95 mm; Right fragment: 97 x 48 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 205 x 220 mm.
Script: Thin, medium-sized cursive hand, with some enlarged letters and some hooked strokes.
- 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 34
P.Lond. III 630 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. 525.
B. P. Grenfell, An Alexandrian Erotic Fragment and Other Greek Papyri Chiefly Ptolemaic (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1896), p. 66, no. 34.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxi, no. 630 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 181.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 141.
R. Ast, J. Cowey (eds.), Bulletin of Online Emendations to Papyri 1.1 (February 6, 2012), p. 2.
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. 12.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)