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Papyrus 726
- Record Id:
- 040-002105113
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003b8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147462912.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 726
- Title:
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Acknowledgment of a Loan (P.Grenf. II 88, P.Lond. III 726 descr., TM 41305)
- Scope & Content:
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Beginning of an acknowledgment of a loan from Aurelius Ioannes, son of Paulus, from the village of Philoxenus in the Arsinoite nome, to Ioannes, keeper of a storehouse of Saint Sergius. The details of the loan are obscure owing to the loss of the text. The docket is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105113 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 726 : Acknowledgment of a Loan (P.Grenf. II 88, P.Lond. III 726 descr., TM 41305) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0420]/040-002105113
- 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 some surface damage in places; written on both sides along the fibres. The back bears one line, which lacks the end; on the front there are 16 lines, but of the last only few traces survive. Side and upper margins are extant and minimal. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet at c. 15 x mm from the right edge. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147462912.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0602
- End Date:
- 0602
- Date Range:
- 20 December 602
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 129 x 90 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 140 mm.
Script: Small, thin cursive hand sloping to the right; lines slightly uneven. Verso: Large, upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite 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 88
P.Lond. III 726 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), pp. 138-139, no. 88.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxix, no. 726 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 192.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 63.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 97.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 80.
N. Gonis, ‘Three Consular Dates’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 132 (2000), pp. 183-186 (p. 188) =
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 87.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 81.
S. Kovarik, in Kölner Papyri Band XIV (P. Köln. XIV). Papyrologica Coloniensia Vol. VII/14 (Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh 2015), pp. 204-205, with n. 4.
G. Schenke, The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database, no. E06115 - http://csla.history.ox.ac.uk/record.php?recid=E06115.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aurelius Ioannes, late 6th century-early 7th century
Ioannes, keeper of the storehouse of St Sergius, late 6th century-early 7th century - Places:
- Arsinoite nome (Fayum), Egypt
Krokodilopolis/Ptolemais Euergetis/Arsinoe(Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt