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Papyrus 725
- Record Id:
- 040-002105112
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003b7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147462907.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 725
- Title:
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Loan of Wheat (P.Grenf. II 86, P.Lond. III 725 descr., TM 22639)
- Scope & Content:
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Acknowledgment of a loan of 6 ¼ artabas of wheat, borrowed by the farmer Aurelius Phoebammon, son of Ioannes. With docket on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105112 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 725 : Loan of Wheat (P.Grenf. II 86, P.Lond. III 725 descr., TM 22639) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0419]/040-002105112
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with few holes, but otherwise well preserved; written on both sides along the fibres, the back bearing one line, mutilated at the end. On the front there are 20 lines, the last being mutilated. The surviving margins are minimal. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet at c. 10-14 from the left edge. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147462907.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Grantha
- Start Date:
- 0596
- End Date:
- 0596
- Date Range:
- 15 December 596
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 122 x 110 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 165 mm.
Script: Recto: Somewhat thick and rough cursive hand of small size, sloping to the right. Verso: Thin and large upright cursive hand, with some elongated strokes.
- 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 688-731 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in November 1896.
- Former External References:
- P.Grenf. II 86
P.Lond. III 725 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. 541.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, New Classical Fragments and Other Greek and Latin Papyri (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1897), p. 135-136, no. 86.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxix, no. 725 descr.
R. S. Bagnall, K. A. Worp, ‘Chronological Notes on Byzantine Documents (V)’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 17 (1980), pp. 19-25 (p. 23).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 63.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 143.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 87.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)