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Papyrus 781
- Record Id:
- 040-002105170
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000020
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463293.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 781
- Title:
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Receipt for Payment in Wine (SB XXII 15368, P.Lond. III 781 descr., P.Oxy. I 207, P.Oxy.Descr. 20, TM 20807)
- Scope & Content:
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Receipt acknowledging that a quantity of wine (4 and a half knidia) has been given to the headman Alexander by the wine-steward Phoebammon as a payment for nine days’ expenses, from 22nd to 30th Phaophi of the 9th indiction.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105170 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 781 : Receipt for Payment in Wine (SB XXII 15368, P.Lond. III 781 descr., P.Oxy. I 207, P.Oxy.Descr. 20, TM 20807) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0796]/040-002105170
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, written on one side across the fibres; number 207 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard and housed in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463293.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0590
- End Date:
- 0590
- Date Range:
- 27 October 590
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 55 x 320 mm; housed in one glass case measuring 100 x 370 mm.
Script: Medium-sized upright 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 781 descr.
P.Oxy. I 207
P.Oxy.Descr. 20
SB XXII 15368 - 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. 207.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. XXIV, no. 781 descr.
D. Montserrat, G. Fantoni, P. Robinson, ‘Varia Descripta Oxyrhynchita’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 31 (1994), pp. 11-80 (pp. 72-73, no. 20).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2001), p. 132, no. 15368.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 237.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Alexander, meizoteros, Oxyrhynchite nome, end 6th century
- Places:
- 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).