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Papyrus 2853
- Record Id:
- 040-002105693
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0002dc
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468477.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2853
- Title:
- Account for a Festival (SB IV 7336, TM 30801)
- Scope & Content:
-
Account listing the expenses for religious festivals, mentioning, among the others, a trumpeter, dancer, comedian, doorkeeper of the temple, trainers, pancratiasts.
On the back, thre are portions of other accounts (unpublished).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105693 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2853 : Account for a Festival (SB IV 7336, TM 30801) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0559]/040-002105693
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Long and narrow papyrus sheet, complete at the top, bottom and right (front), with small insect holes throughout; written on both sides. On the front, there is one column of 30 lines running along the fibres, mutilated; on the back there are the ends of 8 lines followed by blank space and 3 additional lines; writing is against the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468477.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0275
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- Late 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 252 x 84 mm, housed in a glass frame measuring 310 x 140 mm.
Script: Recto: Competent and graceful upright cursive hand. Verso: Rapid cursive hand of small size, slightly sloping to the right.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Purchased with Papyrus 2852 in November 1928 as part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan, Princeton University, Columbia University, the University of Oslo.
- Former External References:
- SB IV 7336
- 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. 264.
F. Wormald, ‘A Fragment of Accounts Dealing with Religious Festivals’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 15 (1929), pp. 239-242.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten IV (Straßburg: Trübner 1931), no. 7336.
M. Vandoni, Feste pubbliche e private nei documenti greci (Milano-Varese: Istituto editoriale cisalpino 1964), pp. 56–57, no. 44.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 327.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 188.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 187.
G. Tedeschi, ‘Lo spettacolo in età ellenistica e tardo antica nella documentazione epigrafica e papiracea’, Papyrologica Lupiensia 11 (2002), pp. 87-187 (pp. 179-181, no. 29).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)