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Papyrus 2913
- Record Id:
- 040-002105707
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0002e6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125484.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2913
- Title:
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Account of Expenses (SB XVIII 13779, TM 36286)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper portion of a sixth-century account of expenses, concerning food and other items. Among the items listed are barley, lentils and bread.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105707 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2913 : Account of Expenses (SB XVIII 13779, TM 36286) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1220]/040-002105707
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, but well preserved as to the rest; writing is on one side along the fibres. A sheet join is visible on the right side. Housed in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125484.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 175 x 135 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 290 x 210 mm.
Script: Cursive and neat hand of fair size, with upright letters.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Memnoneia, Djeme (Thebes west)?, Egypt.
Provenance: Memnoneia, Djeme (Thebes west)?, Egypt. Part of a lot comprising Papyri 2912-2918 transferred from the Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the British Museum on 25 November 1951.
- Former External References:
- SB XVIII 13779
- 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 282.
G. M. Parássoglou, ‘Three Papyri from Upper Egypt’, Tyche. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 2 (1987), pp. 155-160 (pp. 159-160 with table 10).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XVIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1993), p. 335, no. 13779.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)