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Papyrus 1943(a-b)
- Record Id:
- 040-003393461
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100054921749.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058770873.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1943(a-b)
- Title:
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A: Copy of Receipts of Penalty (P.Fam.Tebt. 14 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 14, TM 10731)
B: Offer of Lease (P.Fam.Tebt. 45 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 45, TM 10754)
- Scope & Content:
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A: Copy of receipts for a heavy penalty that Heraclides, son of Maron, former keeper of the public archives, had to pay to the dioikesis. The penalty is paid in two instalments, the first by Heraclides himself, the second through his sons Heraclides alias Valerius and Lysimachus.The papyrus is part of the archive of Philosarapis.
B: Incomplete offer to lease some arouras of land belonging to Valerius and partner and Heraclia and partners, to whom the rent will be paid by a certain Pisais on the threshing floor of Kerkesoucha. With autograph subscription of Pisais, aged 32. Dated to 14 Hathyr of the 31st year of Commodus. The text is an incomplete parallel of Papyrus 1914A (P.Fam.Tebt. 44) and belongs to the archive of Philosarapis.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003393461 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1943(a-b) : A: Copy of Receipts of Penalty (P.Fam.Tebt. 14 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 14, TM 10731)B: Offer of Lease (P.Fam.Tebt. 45 = Pap.Lugd.Bat.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0593]/040-003393461
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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A: Fragment of a papyrus roll written on one side along the fibres, damaged at the bottom. B: Fragment of a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, lacking the upper part. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058770873.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 114
- End Date:
- 0190
- Date Range:
- A: after 1 July 114. B: 10 November 190
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 140 x 120 mm. B: 100 x 105 mm. Framed in a glass case measuring 320 x 180 mm.
Script: A: Regular and skilled hand, with neat letter shapes. B: Two hands, both quick cursives; the second to be found in the subscription, from line 13 to end.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B: Kerkesoucha Orous, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Tebtynis, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt (?). Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1873-2016 from Ali Abd el Hari on 15 May 1911.
- Former External References:
- P.Fam.Tebt. 14 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 14
P.Fam.Tebt. 45 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 45 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915 I (London: British Museum 1969), p. 475.
B. A. van Groningen, A Family Archive from Tebtunis (Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI) (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1950), pp. 44-45, no. 14, pp. 152-153, no. 45.
A:
B. A. van Groningen, 'Un conflit du IIe siècle de notre ère', Chronique d'Égypte 22 (1947), pp. 313-332.
H. C. Youtie, ‘Critical Notes on Greek Papyri’, Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 83 (1952), pp. 100-119 (pp. 112-113).
P. J. Parsons, 'New Readings', The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 6 (1969), p. 44.
F. Mitthof, ‘Bemerkungen zur Datierung von Urkunden’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 132 (2000), pp. 223-224 (p. 223).
R. Burnet, L'Égypte ancienne à travers les Papyrus: vie quotidienne (Paris: Pygmalion 2003), p. 128, no. 67.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 113.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Heraclides alias Valerius, 76-after 144
Philosarapis, son of Lysimachus alias Didymus, 2nd half 2nd century-after 224
Pisais, 2nd half 2nd century - Related Material:
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B: Incomplete parallel of Papyrus 1914A (P.Fam.Tebt. 44 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 44), almost identical except for l. 8.
The papyri belong to the Archive of Philosarapis son of Lysimachus alias Didymus (TM Arch ID 192).