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Papyrus 890
- Record Id:
- 040-002105242
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00008c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463662.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 890
- Title:
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Receipt for Payment (P.Lond. III 890, TM 22701)
- Scope & Content:
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Copy of the receipt for the payment of the outstanding 60 drachmas made through the private bank of Hermaeus, to complete the purchase of five oxen, three of which are red-coloured and two white-coloured. The seller is Heracles, son of Zenon, and the buyer Apollonius, son of Hermias. With subscription of Heracles at the end and summary on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105242 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 890 : Receipt for Payment (P.Lond. III 890, TM 22701) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0933]/040-002105242
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, complete, with few small insect holes. Writing runs on both sides: the back contains a one-line docket written along the fibres in the lower margin and two faded lines written across the fibres. The front bears 13 lines, complete, with blank space of 50-55 mm between lines 7 and 8. All margins are extant. Vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463662.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0006
- End Date:
- -0006
- Date Range:
- 20 January 6 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 246 x 160 mm; framed in a glass case measuring 295 x 215 mm.
Script: Recto: Lines 1-7: Large, irregular, rapid cursive hand; lines 8-13: rough uncials, with lines slightly inclining downwards. Verso: Small cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: 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 890
- 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. 167-168, no. 890, with pl. 16.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 286.
J. C. Naber, ‘Observatiunculae ad papyros iuridicae (Continued)’, Mnemosyne 56 (1928), pp. 109-137 (p. 115 and passim).
R. Bogaert, ‘Liste géographique des banques et des banquiers de l’Égypte romaine, 30a-284’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 109 (1995), pp. 133-173 (p. 158).
R. Bogaert, ‘Les opérations des banques de l'Égypte romaine’, Ancient Society 30 (2000), pp. 135-269 (p. 227 and passim).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)