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Papyrus 1157
- Record Id:
- 040-002105253
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00008d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1157
- Title:
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Miscellany of Documents (SB XXII 15468, TM 79047, P.Lond. III 1157r, TM 22804, P.Lond. 1157v, TM 22807-22809)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto:
Papyrus 1157 (1):
Column 1 (SB XXII 15468, TM 79047): Census declaration lacking the left-hand side, with approximately 8-10 letters missing. The declarant is Harendotes, priest of the temple of Athena in the village of Alabastrine, aged 57; he registers himself and two boys aged 6 and 8, priests of the same temple, the latter of whom is his son; dated to 20 May 231 and with subscription at the end.
Columns 2-7 (P.Lond. III 1157r, TM 22804): Account of money taxes dated to 14 September 249 and covering a period of ten months; arranged in several columns and divided into monthly sections, each with a summary at the end. Column 7, lines 9-13 were cancelled because they contained a repetition of the totals already given.
Papyrus 1157 (2), Columns 1-5, line 2 (P.Lond. III 1157r, TM 22804): Continuation of the account of money taxes, with traces of an additional column on the right-hand side. The first two lines of column 5 were cancelled.
Papyrus 1157 (2), Column 5, line 3-end: Unpublished account, arranged in two columns damaged throughout, with names and sums stated in artabas.
Verso: Miscellany of documents arranged in columns of various lengths and written by various hands.
Papyrus 1157 (1): Remains of a couple of lines on the left-hand side;
Columns 1-2 (P.Lond. III 1157v (a), Chrest. Wilck. 375, Sel. Pap. II 355, TM 22807): Application for purchasing twelve arouras of public land from Aurelius Apollodorus, beneficiarius of the prefect, addressed to three officials, among whom Aurelius Maecius Nemesianus, acting strategus of the Hermopolite nome; with the copy of the application formerly presented to Claudius Marcellus and Marcius Salutaris appended.
Column 3 (P.Lond. III 1157v (b), Chrest.Mitt. 199, TM 22808): written in a different hand, request for instructions on how to register a loan.
Papyrus 1157 (1 ) verso, column 4 - Papyrus 1157 (2) verso, columns 1-6, the former only having some traces (P.Lond. III 1157v (c), descr., TM 22809): Accounts arranged in columns and written in different hands, concerning various items; two columns are written upside down in relation to the other columns.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105253 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1157 : Miscellany of Documents (SB XXII 15468, TM 79047, P.Lond. III 1157r, TM 22804, P.Lond. 1157v, TM 22807-22809) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0803]/040-002105253
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two fragments of different sizes from a papyrus roll, the second of which is damaged throughout; written on both sides and arranged in several columns, written by different hands.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_1157 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 2nd century-3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Papyrus 1157 (1): 250 x 780 mm; Papyrus 1157 (2): 255 x 615 mm. Mounted in two glass frames measuring 310 x 830 mm and 310 x 660 mm respectively.
Script: Various hands on recto and verso with cursive elements, in some cases thicker and quicker, in other more regular and neat.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Alabastron Polis, Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite 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 1157r
P.Lond. III 1157v
P.Lond. III 1157v descr.
SB XXII 15468 - 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. 442.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. LX, no. 1157 descr., pp. 61-68, no. 1157r., pp. 109-111, no. 1157v.
L. Mitteis, U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde I.2 (Leipzig-Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1912), pp. 442-443, no. 375.
L. Mitteis, U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde II.2 (Leipzig-Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1912), pp. 219-220, no. 199.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1913), pp. 277, 279.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 83.
A. S. Hunt, C. C. Edgar, Select Papyri II. Non-Literary Papyri (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press 1934), pp. 426-429, no. 355.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 96.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1969), p. 55.
P. J. Parsons, ‘M. Aurelius Zeno Januarius’, Proceedings of the XII International Congress of Papyrology. Ann Arbor, 13—17 August 1968 (Toronto: Hakkert 1970), pp. 389-397 (pp. 390-392).
J. David Thomas, ‘The Introduction of Dekaprotoi and Comarchs into Egypt in the Third Century A.D.’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 19 (1975), pp. 111-119.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 63.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1986), pp. 88-89.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1992), p. 184.
R. S. Bagnall, ‘Census Declarations from the British Library’, Chronique d‘Égypte 69 (1994), pp. 109-126 (pp. 122-126, no. 5).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1995), p. 140.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1998), p. 104.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)