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Papyrus 2551(A-B)
- Record Id:
- 040-002105546
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001cb
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471135.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2551(A-B)
- Title:
- Marriage contract (TM 48345), and Account
- Scope & Content:
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Left fragment (A) (TM 48345): Marriage contract between Paniskos and anonymous woman, followed by a list of witnesses. Reserved for publication.
Right fragment (B): Account referring to reports (prosangeliai), a temple, money, a certain Kollouthos and possibly a village named Psob(this).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105546 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2551(A-B) : Marriage contract (TM 48345), and Account - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1236]/040-002105546
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame:
Left fragment (A): Large fragment, written on side (17 lines along the fibres), with right margin partly extant.
Right fragment (B): Small fragment, written on one side (5 lines along the fibres).
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471135.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0199
- End Date:
- -0100
- Date Range:
- 2nd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 118 X 100 mm; B: 59 X 43 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 160 x 200 mm.
Script: Documentary hands.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2543-2551 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) in September 1923. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan, Columbia University and the University of Oslo.
- 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. 367
Gert Baetens, ‘An Embalmers’ Dispute in Hypsele/Shashotep’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung 66 (2020), 274.
Metadata received from the Ancient History Department at the Catholic University of Leuven.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)