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Papyrus 1839
- Record Id:
- 040-002105378
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000101
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470570.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1839
- Title:
- Fragments of a Contract (P.Hib. I 145, TM 2829)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragments extracted from mummy cartonnage containing a contract, with traces of the painted decoration on the back. The largest fragment contains the date with the list of eponymous priests; the other fragments are unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105378 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1839 : Fragments of a Contract (P.Hib. I 145, TM 2829) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1213]/040-002105378
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Seven fragments from a medium-brown papyrus, recovered from mummy cartonnage; the writing runs on one side along the fibres; portions of a few lines remain. The back bears remains of the painted decoration. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Hib. I. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470570.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0245
- End Date:
- -0245
- Date Range:
- July-August 245 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size: A: 55 x 93 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 205 x 205 mm.
Script: Neat and regular upright hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El-Hiba), Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1821-1841 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in January 1909. Extracted from mummy cartonnage (Mummy A) obtained by Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) and Arthur Surridge Hunt (b. 1871, d. 1934) at Hibeh in 1902.
- Former External References:
- P.Hib. I 145
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 314.
Bernard P. Grenfell, Arthur S. Hunt, The Hibeh Papyri, 1 (London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1906), p. 328, no. 145.
Willy Clarysse, Griet Van Veken, The eponymous priests of Ptolemaic Egypt (P.L. Bat. 24): Chronological lists of the priests of Alexandria and Ptolemais with a study of the Demotic transcriptions of their names (Leiden: Brill, 1983), p. 10, and passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)