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Papyrus 716
- Record Id:
- 040-002105103
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003ae
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147462821.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 716
- Title:
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Deed of Divorce (P.Nekr. 34, P.Grenf. II 76, Chrest.Mitt. 295, P.Lond. III 716 descr., TM 22632)
- Scope & Content:
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Deed of divorce by mutual consent between Aurelius Soulis and Senpsais, both funerary workers, due to some evil spirit. The parties acknowledge that all possessions have been returned: Soulis has received back all of the marriage gifts and Senpsais, who is free to remarry, has been returned the dowry.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105103 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 716 : Deed of Divorce (P.Nekr. 34, P.Grenf. II 76, Chrest.Mitt. 295, P.Lond. III 716 descr., TM 22632) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0410]/040-002105103
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Incomplete papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and lacking part of the right edge, with a loss of 2-7 letters. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The surface is abraded in places. Upper and left margins measure 15 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147462821.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0305
- End Date:
- 0306
- Date Range:
- 305-306
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 148 x 118 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 205 x 170 mm.
Script: Irregular hand, mostly detached, with a tendency to become larger.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Kysis (Dush), Western Desert, 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:
- Chrest.Mitt. 295
Jur.Pap. 21
P.Grenf. II 76
P.Lond. III 716 descr.
P.Nekr. 34
Sel.Pap. I 8 - 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. 540.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, New Classical Fragments and Other Greek and Latin Papyri (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1897), pp. 119-121, no. 76.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxviii, no. 716.
L. Mitteis, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. Zweiter Band. Zweite Hälfte Chrestomathie (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), p. 333, no. 295.
P. M. Meyer, Juristische Papyri (Erklärung von Urkunden zur Einführung in die juristische Papyruskunde) (Berlin: Weidmann 1920), pp. 50-52, no. 21.
A. S. Hunt, C. C. Edgar, Select papyri. Vol. 1, Private affairs (London: W. Heinemann 1932), pp. 26-29, no. 8.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 143.
J. E. Grubbs, Women and the Law in the Roman Empire: A Sourcebook on Marriage, Divorce and Widowhood (London-New York: Routledge 2002), pp. 213-214.
R. S. Bagnall, The Undertakers of the Great Oasis (P.Nekr.) (London: Egypt Exploration Society 2017), pp. 100-102, no. 34.
- Exhibitions:
- Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)