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Papyrus 2918
- Record Id:
- 040-002105712
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0002eb
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125575.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2918
- Title:
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End of Contract (TM 653739)
- Scope & Content:
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Conclusion of a contract by Aurelius Papnuthis, who agrees to the terms. The notarial subscription follows, with the notary also acting as witness; three other witnesses are mentioned. On the back there is a fragmentary one-line docket.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105712 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2918 : End of Contract (TM 653739) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1225]/040-002105712
- 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 top, with minimal side margins and the lower margin measuring approximately 30 mm. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back only having one line, of which only the lower portion survives. Housed in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125575.0x000001 (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: 118 x 156 mm; housed in one glass case measuring 155 x 190 mm.
Script: Cursive hand for the body of the document; one or two further hands for the subscriptions, from line 5.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Memnoneia, Djeme (Thebes west), Egypt.
Provenance: Memnoneia, Djeme (Thebes west), Egypt. Part of a lot comprising Papyri 2912-2917 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 282.
A. Benaissa, ‘More Papyri from Late Antique Memnonia in the British Library’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 61 (2015), pp. 352-370 (pp. 367-370, no. 5).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)