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Papyrus 678
- Record Id:
- 040-002105064
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000348
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147462642.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 678
- Title:
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Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 678, TM 117)
- Scope & Content:
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Contract drawn up in Krokodilopolis (Pathyrite nome) in the notarial office of Paniscus, recording the sale of some grain-bearing land located near Pathyris, from Petesuchus, son of Schotes, to his brother Harsiesis.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105064 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 678 : Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 678, TM 117) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0372]/040-002105064
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragments of a papyrus, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the top of one wide column, of which portions of 12 lines remain. The upper margin survives to 50 mm, the other margins are lost. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147462642.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0099
- End Date:
- -0098
- Date Range:
- 99-98 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: x mm; housed in a glass frame measuring x mm.
Script: Neat, thin, upright cursive hand of small size.
- 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.Lond. III 678
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1894-1899 (London: British Museum 1901), pp. 533-534.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 18, no. 678.
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.
E. Boswinkel, P. W. Pestman (eds.), Textes grecs, démotiques et bilingues (Pap.Lugd.Bat. XIX) (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1978), p. 213.
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).
O. Montevecchi, La papirologia (Milano: Vita e Pensiero 1988), p. 251, no. 14b.
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), pp. 123-125, no. 38.
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. 127.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)