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Papyrus 761
- Record Id:
- 040-002105150
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003db
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463086.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 761
- Title:
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Receipt for Payment of Corn (P.Oxy. I 90, P.Lond. III 761 descr., TM 20749) and Writing Exercise? (P.Oxy. I 90, TM 63528, LDAB 4737, MP3 2747)
- Scope & Content:
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A receipt acknowledging that Clarus, son of Didymus, former agoranomus (public notary), has deposited 8 artabas and 4 choinices of corn into the public granary on account of the harvest of the past 19th year of Antoninus and Commodus Caesars. Signed by Diogenes, sitologus (official in charge of the granary).
After some blank space are two further lines containing a writing exercise or cryptogram.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105150 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 761 : Receipt for Payment of Corn (P.Oxy. I 90, P.Lond. III 761 descr., TM 20749) and Writing Exercise? (P.Oxy. I 90, TM 63528, LDAB 4737,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0776]/040-002105150
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, well-cut, written on one side; damaged on its left-hand side. Mounted on cardboard in one glass case. Number 90 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463086.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0179
- End Date:
- 0180
- Date Range:
- 179-180
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 105 x 85 mm. Housed in one glass case measuring 155 x 140 mm.
Script: Small hand, employing abbreviations and with cursive traits.
- 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 761descr.
P.Oxy. I 90 - 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. 152-153, no. 90.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. XXXII, no. 761 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1913), p. 315.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)