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Papyrus 997
- Record Id:
- 040-002105074
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000351
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464052.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 997
- Title:
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Sale of Wine on Delivery (SB XXII 15597, P.Lond. III 997 descr., TM 45049)
- Scope & Content:
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Receipt acknowledging that Aurelius Apollos, vine-dresser, has received the payment on account of 300 metra (measure) of wine from Flavius Georgius, son of Silvanus. The wine shall be delivered after the vintage; the vats are to be supplied by Apollos. Should Apollos deliver wine of inferior quality, he shall replace it without delay.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105074 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 997 : Sale of Wine on Delivery (SB XXII 15597, P.Lond. III 997 descr., TM 45049) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0381]/040-002105074
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus sheet with detached scrap, broken off at the bottom and left, with some surface damage; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The front bears the ends of 14 lines. Upper and right margins are minimal. A sheet-join is visible at c. 55 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464052.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0537
- End Date:
- 0537
- Date Range:
- 12 October 537
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 142 x 150 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 330 x 255 mm.
Script: Fluent sloping cursive hand of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 997 descr.
SB XXII 15597 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. li, no. 997 descr.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘An Important Family in VIth Century Hermupolis’, Hellenika 40 (1989), pp. 381-383.
N. Kruit, ‘Three Byzantine Sales for Future Delivery SB XVI 12401 + 12402, SB VI 9051, P.Lond. III 997’, Tyche. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 9 (1994), pp. 67-88 (pp. 82-88 with pl. 17).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XXII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2001), pp. 270-271, no. 15597.
R. S. Bagnall, K. A. Worp, The Chronological Systems of Byzantine Egypt (Leiden: E.J. Brill 2004), p. 90.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)