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Papyrus 1298
- Record Id:
- 040-002105297
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000b4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143122785.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1298
- Title:
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Sale of Part of a House (P.Lond. III 1298, TM 22877)
- Scope & Content:
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A certificate from the banker Aurelius Ammonius, confirming that Aurelius Theognostus has sold one-third of a house with courtyard and appurtenances located in Hermopolis to his sister Dioscorous. With Ammonius' signature at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105297 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1298 : Sale of Part of a House (P.Lond. III 1298, TM 22877) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0675]/040-002105297
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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A long papyrus slip, damaged by holes regularly distributed. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143122785.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0231
- End Date:
- 0231
- Date Range:
- July-August 231
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 72 x 577 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 120 x 630 mm.
Script: Upright, rather compressed cursive hand; a second hand, larger and more cursive, occurs in the last line.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1298
- 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. 445.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 152-153, no. 1298.
J. C. Naber, ‘Observatiunculae ad papyros iuridicae (Continued)’, Mnemosyne 56 (1928), pp. 109-137 (pp. 116-117 and passim).
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Theognostos Alias Moros and His Family’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 76 (1989), pp. 213-218 (pp. 215, 217).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 189.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 143.
M. Hirt Raj, Médecins et malades de l'Égypte Romaine: étude socio-légale de la profession médicale et de ses praticiens du Ier au IVe siècle ap. J.-C. (Leiden: Brill 2006), p. 211 n. 203.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)