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Papyrus 2916
- Record Id:
- 040-002105710
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0002e9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125530.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2916
- Title:
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Surrender of a Pledged Necklace (SB XVIII 13777, TM 18399)
- Scope & Content:
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An agreement whereby Aurelia Taam, from the Coptite nome, agreed to cede a silver necklace to Aurelius Daniel, from Memnoneia. The necklace had been deposited as security for a loan which the woman was not able to pay back in full. With subscriptions of the witnesses at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105710 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2916 : Surrender of a Pledged Necklace (SB XVIII 13777, TM 18399) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1223]/040-002105710
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
A papyrus sheet, almost fully preserved, with some letters lost on the left side, but perfect as to the rest. A sheet join is visible on the right-hand side. The text runs along the fibres on both sides, with the back only containing the docket. Housed in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125530.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0556
- End Date:
- 0556
- Date Range:
- 16 December 556
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 305 x 180 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 460 x 245 mm.
Script: Small and expert cursive hand; two different hands in the last four lines for the subscriptions.
- 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 13777
- 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. 155-158 and table 9).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XVIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1993), pp. 333-334, no. 13777.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 222.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)