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Papyrus 851
- Record Id:
- 040-003392996
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100054519218.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058771205.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 851
- Title:
- Extracts with Receipts (P.Lond. III 851, TM 22694)
- Scope & Content:
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Extracts of a register with receipts of payments for rent (in money and fleeces) addressed to Akouis, shepherd and tenant. The issuer is in most cases Hermias alias Apollonius, strategus of Alexandria, who has various managers and assistants. The receipts, written in different hands, date to a period between 216-219 (a: 19 June 216; b: 5 Mar 217; c: 10 Aug 217; d: 9 Oct 217; e: 25 June 218; f: 26 Nov 218; g: 29 June 219; h: 8 Oct 219?). The papyrus belongs to the archive of Akouis.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003392996 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 851 : Extracts with Receipts (P.Lond. III 851, TM 22694) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0587]/040-003392996
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Long fragment of a papyrus roll, written on one side and well preserved, containing six columns, the first of which is lacking its left-hand side. Between columns 5-6 some space was left blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058771205.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0216
- End Date:
- 0219
- Date Range:
- 216-219
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 100 x 770 mm. Framed in one glass case measuring 155 x 820 mm.
Script: Six hands, one for each column, the latter being the same as that of SB XXVIII 16878.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Alexandria or Apias (meris of Themistos, Arsinoite Nome), Egypt.
Provenance: Alexandria or Apias (meris of Themistos, Arsinoite Nome), Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 835-878 by the executors of William Joseph Myers, F. S. A., (b. 1858, d. 1899) through R. Taylor.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 851
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 440.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 48-50, no. 851.
U. Wilcken, 'Papyrus-Urkunden', Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 4 (1908), pp. 526-568 (pp. 532-533).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 82.
A. C. Johnson, An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome II. Roman Egypt to the Reign of Diocletian (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1936), pp. 238-239.
Yale Papyri in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Oakville: American Society of Papyrologists 2001), p. 18 n. 30, p. 70.
F. Reiter, 'P.Alex. inv. 565: Eine Schafpachtquittung', Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 50 (2004), pp. 45-48 (pp. 45-47).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 102.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)