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Papyrus 793
- Record Id:
- 040-002105183
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000037
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463373.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 793
- Title:
- Indemnification of a Surety (P.Oxy. II 270, P.Lond. III 793 descr., Chrest.Mitt. 236, TM 20541)
- Scope & Content:
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An agreement whereby Lucia, also called Thaisas, indemnifies Sarapion alias Clarus against any exaction on account of her loan for which Sarapion had acted as a security. Lucia had borrowed 3500 drachmas to be repaid with interest from Heraclides, son of Apollonius, on mortgage of some of her land holdings. Should Sarapion be called upon to pay on her behalf, he shall become owner of the mortgaged property. Penalty applies if Lucia violates any of the terms.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105183 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 793 : Indemnification of a Surety (P.Oxy. II 270, P.Lond. III 793 descr., Chrest.Mitt. 236, TM 20541) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0860]/040-002105183
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, nearly complete, but damaged by holes and darkened across the middle. The text runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. All margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 105-115 mm; no margin was left to the right. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463373.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0094
- End Date:
- 0094
- Date Range:
- 94
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 387 x 158 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 435 x 205 mm.
Script: Fine upright semi-uncial hand, occasionally compressed and smaller at the ends of the lines; the first letter of the line is usually enlarged; lines are somewhat uneven, slightly slanting upwards. A second hand, smaller and more cursive, is found at the end of line 49.
- 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:
- Chrest.Mitt. 236
P.Lond. III 793 descr.
P.Oxy. II 270
Sel.Pap. I 57 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 440.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri II (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1899), pp. 252-254, no. 270.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri IV (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1904), p. 263.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxxv, no. 793 descr.
L. Mitteis, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. Zweiter Band. Zweite Hälfte Chrestomathie (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 260-262, no. 236.
W. Schubart, Griechische Palaeographie (München: C.H. Beck 1925), p. 120.
A. S. Hunt, C. C. Edgar, Select papyri. Vol. 1, Private affairs (London: W. Heinemann 1932), pp. 170-175, no. 57.
W. E. H Cockle, ‘A New Virgilian Writing Exercise from Oxyrhynchus’, Scrittura e civiltà 3 (1979), plate IVc.
M. Depauw, ‘Do Mothers Matter? The Emergence of Metronymics in Early Roman Egypt’, in T. V. Evans, D. Obbink (eds.), The Language of the Papyri (Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press 2010), pp. 120-139 (p. 131).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)