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Papyrus 776
- Record Id:
- 040-002105165
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00000a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463233.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 776
- Title:
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Receipt (P.Lond. III 776, P.Oxy. I 197, TM 22683)
- Scope & Content:
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Acknowledgment addressed to Flavius Apion from Aurelius Sourus, coming from a village of the Cynopolite nome, of the receipt of two windlasses and some machine for irrigation. With subscription at the end and endorsement on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105165 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 776 : Receipt (P.Lond. III 776, P.Oxy. I 197, TM 22683) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0791]/040-002105165
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Almost fully preserved papyrus sheet, written on both sides along the fibres, the back having one line; wormholes are visible in the lower part. Number 197 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I. The papyrus is housed in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463233.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0552
- End Date:
- 0552
- Date Range:
- 13 September 552
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 230 x 205 mm; housed in one glass case measuring 280 x 255 mm.
Script: Upright fluent hand of fair size; different hand for the subscription, cursive and sloping to the right.
- 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 776
P.Oxy. I 197 - 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), p. 242, no. 197.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 278-279, no. 776.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1913), p. 299.
R. Ast, L. Berkes, J. M. S. Cowey (edd.), Bulletin of Online Emendations to Papyri 5.1 (2016), p. 3.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Flavius Apion II, son of Strategius and Leontia, 530-579
Sourus, from the Kynopolite nome, Egypt, mid 6th century - Places:
- Kynopolite nome, Egypt
Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt - Related Material:
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The text belongs to the Archive of the Apion family (TM Arch ID 15).