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Papyrus 991
- Record Id:
- 040-002105225
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00007a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464014.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 991
- Title:
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Sale of a House (P.Lond.. III 991, TM 22761)
- Scope & Content:
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Sale of a house located in the Hermonthite nome for five solidi, the sellers being Pagape, Pamin, Psais, Stia, and the buyer Aurelius Ioseph. Written by Aurelius Amenothes on behalf of the sellers, who are illiterate. With subscription of a witness at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105225 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 991 : Sale of a House (P.Lond.. III 991, TM 22761) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0955]/040-002105225
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, with darker spots, broken off at the left and partly at the right; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears one broad column of 28 lines, with an additional line lost at the bottom; all of the lines lack the beginnings; lines 1-18 also lack their ends. Horizontal and vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464014.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0481
- End Date:
- 0483
- Date Range:
- 22 June 481, 482, or 483
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 278 x 215 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 330 x 270 mm.
Script: Thin, medium-sized hand with a slight slant to the right. Different hand for the subscription in the last line.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermonthite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermonthite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 991
- 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. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 257-258, no. 991.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 295.
R. S. Bagnall, K. A. Worp, ‘Chronological Notes on Byzantine Documents (I-II)’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 17 (1980), pp. 5-18 (pp. 7-8) = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 183.
R. S. Bagnall, K. A. Worp, ‘Chronological Notes on Byzantine Documents (VI)’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 17 (1980), pp. 27-36 (p. 33).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 87.
N. Gonis, ‘Chronological Notes on III.-V. Century Documents’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 123 (1998), pp. 196-198 (p. 197) = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 113.
N. Gonis, ‘Three Consular Dates’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 132 (2000), pp. 183-186 (pp. 185-186).
R. S. Bagnall, K. A. Worp,‘P.Princ. II 84 Revisited’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 40 (2003), pp. 11-25 (p. 23, n. 11).
P. Sijpesteijn, L. Sundelin, Papyrology and the history of early Islamic Egypt (Leiden-Boston: Brill 2004), p. 237.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 102.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)