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Papyrus 751
- Record Id:
- 040-002105140
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003d1
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463008.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 751
- Title:
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Report on a Persea Tree (P.Oxy. I 53, P.Lond. III 751 descr., TM 20715)
- Scope & Content:
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Column 1: A fragmentary report addressed to Valerius Ammonianus alias Gerontius, logistes (curator) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from some builders.
Column 2: A report, numbered at the top as 105, addressed to Valerius Ammonianus alias Gerontius, logistes (curator) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, by Aurelius Irenaeus, son of Apelles, monthly president of the guild of carpenters. The examination of a persea tree in the city of Oxyrhynchus has been carried out and the tree has been found to be dried up and unable to produce further fruit. With subscription of Aurelius Dionysius son of Serenus, carpenter, signing on behalf of Aurelius Irenaeus.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105140 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 751 : Report on a Persea Tree (P.Oxy. I 53, P.Lond. III 751 descr., TM 20715) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0770]/040-002105140
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two sheets glued together forming a ‘pasted roll’ (tomos synkollesimos), written on one side along the fibres and preserving two columns of writing, the first very fragmentary; damaged on both sides. Number 53 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in one glass case. Further sheets forming the same 'pasted roll' are P.Oxy. LXIV 4441 and presumably P.Oxy. VI 896.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 316
- End Date:
- 316
- Date Range:
- 25 February 316
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 250 x 260 mm. Housed in one glass case measuring 295 x 305 mm.
Script: Different hands: Thicker and more cursive in column 1, thin and large in column 2; a rougher hand in the subscription from line 14 to end.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 739-834 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in October 1900. Of these, papyri 739-814 form part of the discoveries made by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt on the site of the ancient Oxyrhynchus.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 751 descr.
P.Oxy. I 53 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 438-439.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. I (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1898), pp. 116-117, no. 58.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. XXXI, no. 751 descr.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. LIV (London: Egypt Exploration Society 1987), p. 223, Appendix I.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. LXIV (London: Egypt Exploration Society 1997), p. 171, no. 4441 introd.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 142.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)