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Papyrus 2243
- Record Id:
- 040-002105458
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000151
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124045.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2243
- Title:
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Contract of Loan (P.Lond. VII 1986, SB X 10251, TM 1548)
- Scope & Content:
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Contract for a loan of 100 drachmae between a woman called Nea, acting with her guardian, and Echedemus, repayable on demand but with no interest. The six witnesses are listed at the end. The Macedonian calendar is used for the dating. On the back there are the names of the parties and witnesses.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105458 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2243 : Contract of Loan (P.Lond. VII 1986, SB X 10251, TM 1548) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0854]/040-002105458
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Light-brown papyrus sheet, with top and bottom margins extant but imperfect on both sides. Writing is along the fibres on the recto; faded traces of three lines written across the fibres are visible on the back. Mounted in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124045.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0252
- End Date:
- -0252
- Date Range:
- 1 September 252 BCE
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 193 x 167 mm; housed in one glass case measuring 245 x 220 mm.
Script: Various hands, all cursive and rather careless; changes of hand occur in line 3 and in line 13.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Alexandria, Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2243-2304 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) through Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (b. 1857, d. 1934) on 9 July 1921. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan, Princeton University, Cornell University, the University of Geneva.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 1986
SB X 10251 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 363.
H. I. Bell, ‘An Early Ptolemaic Contract of Loan’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 7 (1924), pp. 17-27.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten X (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1971), pp. 18-19, no. 10251.
T. C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum 1974), pp. 82-85, no. 1986.
D. Kaltsas, Veröffentlichungen aus der Heidelberger Papyrussammlung VIII. Dokumentarische Papyri des 2. Jh. v. Chr. aus dem Herakleopolites (Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter 2001), p. 225, n. 242.
K. Mueller, ‘Dating the Ptolemaic City-Foundations in Cyrenaica. A Brief Note’, Libyan Studies 35 (2004), pp. 1-10 (pp. 3-4).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)