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Papyrus 765
- Record Id:
- 040-002105154
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003df
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463134.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 765
- Title:
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Copy of a Sale of House Property (P.Oxy. I 99, P.Lond. III 765 descr., TM 20758)
- Scope & Content:
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Copy of a deed of sale whereby a three-storey house in Oxyrhynchus is being purchased for 32 talents of copper by Tryphon, son of Dionysius, from Pnepheros, his mother’s cousin, son of Papontos. Descriptions of the physical features of the men and of the location of the house are provided. At the end is the certificate attesting that the tax on sale, equalling a tenth of the price, had been paid to the bank of Sarapion.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105154 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 765 : Copy of a Sale of House Property (P.Oxy. I 99, P.Lond. III 765 descr., TM 20758) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0780]/040-002105154
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet written on one side and nearly fully preserved, although damaged by holes throughout and lacking the portion on the right-hand side. A fragment is misplaced in the frame, currently covering parts of the ends of lines 3-10; it belongs in the gap at the bottom, containing letters from lines 16-19; mounted on cardboard in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463134.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 55
- End Date:
- 55
- Date Range:
- 4 September 55
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 230 x 440 mm. Housed in one glass case measuring 280 x 485 mm.
Script: Large and strongly marked cursive hand.
- 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 765 descr.
P.Oxy. I 99 - 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. 161-163, no. 99.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. XXXIII, no. 765 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1913), p. 315.
A. C. Johnson, An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome II. Roman Egypt to the Reign of Diocletian (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1936), pp. 266-267, no. 154.
M. V. Biscottini, ‘L'archivio di Tryphon tessitore di Oxyrhynchos’, Aegyptus 46 (1966), pp. 186-292 (pp. 256-259, no. 32).
R. P. Salomons, K. A Worp, ‘A Note on Some Price Indications from Roman Egypt Featuring Peculiar Amounts of Drachmas’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 56 (2010), pp. 286-289 (p. 287).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)