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Papyrus 759
- Record Id:
- 040-002105148
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003d9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463066.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 759
- Title:
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Receipt from Ironworkers (P.Oxy. I 84, P.Lond. III 759 descr., Chrest.Wilck. 197, Sel.Pap. II 374, TM 20743)
- Scope & Content:
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Receipt addressed to Valerius Ammonianus alias Gerontius, logistes (curator) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the guild of ironworkers, acknowledging the payment of six silver talents from the state bank in Oxyrhynchus, on account of the iron supplied for public works. Dated in the consulship of Caecinius Sabinus and Vettius Rufus, Hathyr 5 (1 November 316); with autograph subscription of Aurelius Severus, monthly president of the guild, at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105148 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 759 : Receipt from Ironworkers (P.Oxy. I 84, P.Lond. III 759 descr., Chrest.Wilck. 197, Sel.Pap. II 374, TM 20743) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0775]/040-002105148
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet written on one side along the fibres, the upper layer being somewhat damaged in places. Mounted on cardboard in one glass case. Number 84 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463066.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 316
- End Date:
- 316
- Date Range:
- 1 November 316
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 255 x 130 mm. Housed in one glass case measuring 305 x 180 mm.
Script: Rough hand with cursive traits; different hand for subscription, rough and unskilled.
- 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:
- Chrest.Wilck. 197
P.Lond. III 759 descr.
P.Oxy. I 84
Sel.Pap. II 374 - 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. 146-147, no. 84.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. XXXII, no. 759 descr.
L. Mitteis, U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde I.2 (Leipzig-Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1912), p. 230, no. 197.
A. S. Hunt, C. C. Edgar, Select Papyri II. Non-Literary Papyri (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 1934), pp. 476-477, no. 374.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. LIV (London: Egypt Exploration Society 1987), p. 223, Appendix I.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 142.
A. W. Mees, Organisationsformen römischer Töpfer-Manufakturen am Beispiel von Arezzo und Rheinzabern: unter Berücksichtigung von Papyri, Inschriften und Rechtsquellen (Bonn: Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums in Kommission bei R. Habelt 2002), p. 403.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)