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Papyrus 676
- Record Id:
- 040-002105062
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000346
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469265.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 676
- Title:
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Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 676, P.Bingen, p. 199 descr., TM 116)
- Scope & Content:
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Portions of a contract drawn up in Pathyris by Hermias, agent of the notary Paniscus, for the sale of some land, purchased by Harsiesis, priest of Suchus and Aphrodite, from a certain Nechuthes. With demotic summary on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105062 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 676 : Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 676, P.Bingen, p. 199 descr., TM 116) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0370]/040-002105062
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragments of a papyrus, written on both sides along the fibres. The back bears one line in demotic; the front preserves portions of ten lines, very mutilated. Parts of upper and lower margins survive. The fragments are mounted in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469265.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Egyptian (Ancient)
Greek, Ancient - Scripts:
- Egyptian demotic
Greek - Start Date:
- -0100
- End Date:
- -0100
- Date Range:
- 1 November 100 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size; height: 128 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 195 x 295 mm.
Script: Greek text: Middle-sized, upright cursive 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 667-681 from David George Hogarth (b. 1862, d. 1927) in July 1896.
- Former External References:
- P.Bingen p. 199 descr.
P.Lond. III 676 - 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. 533.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum, 1907), pp. 14-16, no. 676.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter, 1922), p. 273.
P. W. Pestman, ‘Les archives privées de Pathyris à l'époque ptolémaïque. La famille de Pétéharsemtheus, fils de Panebkhounis’, in E. Boswinkel, P. W. Pestman, P. J. Sijpesteijn (eds.), Studia Papyrologica Varia (Pap. Lugd. Bat. XIV) (Leiden: Brill, 1965), p. 49.
G. Messeri-Savorelli, 'Lista degli agoranomi di età tolemaica', in R. Pintaudi (ed.), Miscellanea Papyrologica in memoria di H.C. Youtie (Pap. Flor. VII) (Firenze: Gonnelli, 1980), pp. 185-271 (p. 180).
P. W. Pestman, ‘Agoranomoi et actes agoranomiques’, in P. W. Pestman (ed.), Textes et études de papyrologie grecque, démotique et copte (Pap.Lugd.Bat. XXIII) (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1985), p. 22 and passim.
O. Montevecchi, La papirologia (Milano: Vita e Pensiero, 1988), p. 251, no. 14b.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1992), p. 180.
K. Vandorpe, in H. Melaerts (ed.), Papyri in honorem Johannes Bingen Octogenarii (Leuven: Peeters, 2000), p. 199.
K. Vandorpe, S. Waebens, Reconstructing Pathyris’ Archives. A Multicultural Community in Hellenistic Egypt (CollectaneaHellenistica 3) (Brussels: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van Belgie & l'Union Academique Internationale, 2009), pp. 123-125, no. 38.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Harsiesis, priest (hiereus), 135-75 BC
Hermias, subordinate of the notary Sosus and of the notary Paniscus, 108-98 BC - Places:
- Pathyris, Egypt
- Related Material:
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The papyrus belongs to the Archive of Harsiesis, son of Schotes (TM Arch ID 98). Same hand as that of P.Grenf. II 25-33, 35.