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Papyrus 699
- Record Id:
- 040-002105086
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00035d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147462687.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 699
- Title:
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Description of Parties for a Contract (P.Grenf. II 40, P.Lond. III 699 descr., TM 11323)
- Scope & Content:
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Document dated to Choiak 15 in Soknopaiou Nesos, containing the personal description of two individuals for a contract; the text was crossed out. There are two lines on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105086 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 699 : Description of Parties for a Contract (P.Grenf. II 40, P.Lond. III 699 descr., TM 11323) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0393]/040-002105086
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, almost square-shaped, damaged by insect holes throughout and lacking the bottom right corner; writing runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The back bears two lines, much effaced; on the front there are 6 lines, crossed out and occupying less than half of the sheet. Margins are extant, with the lower measuring up to 70 mm. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147462687.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0009
- End Date:
- 0009
- Date Range:
- 14 December 9
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 111 x 126 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 165 x 180 mm.
Script: Thin cursive hand of medium size, slightly sloping to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 688-731 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in November 1896.
- Former External References:
- P.Grenf. II 40
P.Lond. III 699 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. 536.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, New Classical Fragments and Other Greek and Latin Papyri (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1897), p. 66, no. 40.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxvi, no. 699 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 187.
S. Daris, ‘Ricerche di papirologia documentaria: II’, Aegyptus 63 (1983), pp. 117-169 (p. 139).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 62.
W.G. Claytor, ‘Rogue Notaries? Two Unusual Double Documents from the Late Ptolemaic Fayum’, The Journal of Juristic Papyrology 44 (2014), pp. 85-115 (p. 115, no. 14).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)