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Papyrus 2840
- Record Id:
- 040-002105313
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000c3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125308.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2840
- Title:
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List of Goods (SB XX 15019, TM 39694)
- Scope & Content:
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A fragmentary list of goods sent through various people to a not better specified city in the month of Pharmouthi of an unknown year. The goods listed are wine, garum and honey.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105313 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2840 : List of Goods (SB XX 15019, TM 39694) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1227]/040-002105313
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus fragment, broken at the bottom and right and with a scrap in the top right. Darker patches are located in the upper portion. The upper margin survives to 15 mm. The fragment preserves the beginnings of 12 lines written along the fibres, the back being blank. Mounted on cardboard and housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125308.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0600
- End Date:
- 0625
- Date Range:
- early 7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 150 x 190 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 220 x 230 mm.
Script: Neat and upright minuscule cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2784-2849 as share from a joint purchase arranged with the University of Michigan, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, and Wilfred Merton (b. 1888, d. 1957) from various dealers in November and December 1926, formally acquired in October 1927. Papyri 2823-2849 were purchased from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948).
- Former External References:
- SB XX 15019
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1926-1930 (London: British Museum 1959), p. 263.
R. Pintaudi, P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Papiri tardo-bizantini conservati alla British Library’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 78 (1989), pp. 103-115 (pp. 112-113, no. 6).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), p. 605, no. 15019.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)