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Papyrus 778
- Record Id:
- 040-002105167
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00000e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463256.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 778
- Title:
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Deed of Surety (P.Lond. III 778, P.Oxy. I 199, TM 22685)
- Scope & Content:
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An incomplete deed of surety addressed to Flavius Apion by Georgius, a deacon, who undertakes that Aurelius Onnophris, son of Solomon, coming from Mega Chorion, a hamlet in the Oxyrhynchite nome, shall remain in his holding. With endorsement on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105167 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 778 : Deed of Surety (P.Lond. III 778, P.Oxy. I 199, TM 22685) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0793]/040-002105167
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Incomplete papyrus sheet, written on both sides along the fibres, the back having one line; broken off at the bottom; the ink is rubbed at places in its middle portion on the recto and on the verso. Number 199 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I. Housed in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463256.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0049
- End Date:
- 0590
- Date Range:
- 28 July 568
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 170 x 220 mm; housed in one glass case measuring 215 x 270 mm.
Script: Fluent 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 778
P.Oxy. I 199 - 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. 243, no. 199.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 279-280, no. 778.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1913), p. 299.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 86.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)