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Papyrus 826
- Record Id:
- 040-002105218
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000073
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463562.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 826
- Title:
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Loan of Seed (P.Fay. 89, Chrest.Mitt. 166, P.Lond. III 826 descr., TM 10932)
- Scope & Content:
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Loan of barley and vegetable seed for a period of four months, registered in the registration office of Pelusion. The borrower is Petheus, son of Patron, and the lender Acusilaus, son of Theon. Penalty applies if Petheus fails to repay the loan within the agreed time. The loan was cancelled.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105218 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 826 : Loan of Seed (P.Fay. 89, Chrest.Mitt. 166, P.Lond. III 826 descr., TM 10932) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0940]/040-002105218
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom but well preserved as to the rest, with only few small holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 18 lines, with blank space of 125 mm between lines 5 and 6. The text was crossed out. Left and upper margins are extant, no margin was left to the right; the lower margin is lost. The modern annotation in red refers to the edition in P.Fay. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463562.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0009
- End Date:
- 0009
- Date Range:
- 2 March 9
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 268 x 95 mm; framed in a glass case measuring 320 x 150 mm.
Script: Well-marked cursive hand of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Pelousion, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome Egypt.
Provenance: Euhemeria, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 739-834 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in October 1900.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Mitt. 166
P.Fay. 89
P.Lond. III 826 descr. - 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.
Fayûm towns and their papyri (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1900), pp. 223-225, no. 79.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxvii, no. 826 descr.
L. Mitteis, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. II Hälfte Chrestomathie (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 177-178, no. 166.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 56.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 53.
W. G. Claytor, ‘Rogue Notaries? Two Unusual Double Documents from the Late Ptolemaic Fayum’, The Journal of Juristic Papyrology 44 (2014), pp. 93-116 (p. 114).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Acusilaus, son of Theon, early 1st century
Petheus, Persian of the Epigone, early 1st century - Places:
- Euhemeria, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
Pelousion, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt