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Papyrus 712
- Record Id:
- 040-002105099
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003aa
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147462791.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 712
- Title:
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Loan of Money (P.Nekr. 39, P.Grenf. II 72, P.Lond. III 712 descr.,TM 22629)
- Scope & Content:
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A loan of two talents borrowed by Aurelius Souris, son of Petechon, of Kysis, aged forty-eight, from Aurelius Psentphous, funerary worker (exopylites) of Diospolis, living in the cemetery of Ptytis. The loan shall be repaid with interest. Aurelius Philemon wrote on behalf of Aurelius Souris, who is illiterate. The back records the lender’s name.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105099 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 712 : Loan of Money (P.Nekr. 39, P.Grenf. II 72, P.Lond. III 712 descr.,TM 22629) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0406]/040-002105099
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Dark-brown papyrus sheet, damaged in the middle and with a few wormholes at the upper and lower edges. Writing runs on both sides along the fibres, with the back having a one-line docket. Five vertical folds and a horizontal one at 126 mm from the top are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147462791.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0308
- End Date:
- 0308
- Date Range:
- 13 February 308
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 256 x 141 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 310 x 205 mm.
Script: Rapid and practised cursive hand, sloping to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Diospolis Parva (Hiou), Egypt.
Provenance: Kysis (Dush), Western Desert, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 688-731 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) on 14 November 1896.
- Former External References:
- P.Grenf. II 72
P.Lond. III 712 descr.
P.Nekr. 39 - 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. 539.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, New Classical Fragments and Other Greek and Latin Papyri (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1897), pp. 114-115, no. 72.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxvii, no. 712.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 190-191
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 171.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 195.
R. S. Bagnall, The Undertakers of the Great Oasis (P.Nekr.) (London: Egypt Exploration Society 2017), pp. 111-113, no. 39.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)