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Papyrus 2912
- Record Id:
- 040-002105706
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0002e5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125467.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2912
- Title:
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Sale of a House (TM 653735)
- Scope & Content:
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Contract of sale of a building, possibly a house; the sellers are a group of individuals and the buyer one single man; only the subscription to the contract survives.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105706 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2912 : Sale of a House (TM 653735) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1219]/040-002105706
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Three fragments of varying size from a papyrus sheet, containing the ends of nine lines; the upper fragment is upside down in the frame and a smaller fragment was incorrectly attached to it; the mid and bottom fragment were originally contiguous. Writing is on one side across the fibres. An average of 30 letters is lost on the left; the lower margin measures approximately 70 mm. Housed in one glass case, wrongly labelled as Papyrus 2912(2).
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125467.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0450
- End Date:
- 0499
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of 5th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Top fragment: 30 x 90 mm; Mid fragment: 25 x 100 mm; Lower fragment: 85 x 91 mm. Housed in a glass case named Papyrus 2912(2) and measuring 205 x 155 mm.
Script: Rough and illiterate semi-cursive; the same hand is in Papyrus 991 (P.Lond. III 991).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Memnoneia, Djeme (Thebes west), Egypt.
Provenance: Memnoneia, Djeme (Thebes west), Egypt. Part of a lot comprising Papyri 2913-2918 transferred from the Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the British Museum on 25 November 1951.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1951-1955 (London: British Library 1982), p 281.
A. Benaissa, ‘More Papyri from Late Antique Memnonia in the British Library’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 61 (2015), pp. 352-370 (pp. 353-358, no. 1).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)