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Papyrus 1667
- Record Id:
- 040-003394638
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055744253.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058770741.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1667
- Title:
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Receipt for Repayment of Money (P.Lond. V 1717, TM 19733) and Metrological Tables and Problems by Dioscorus (P.Lond. V 1718, TM 65048, LDAB 6289, MP3 354)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto: Receipt for the repayment of a debt of money, given by a woman whose name is lost, accompanied by two people, Calotychus, son of Stephanus, and Theodosia, daughter of Ioannes; with subscriptions at the end. The document was written in Antinoopolis. The papyrus preserves the right-hand side of the document, and further portions containing the left-hand side are to be found in Papyrus 1785. Dated to 560-573.
Verso: Metrological tables written by Dioscorus, divided into four main groups: the first on the ratio between various measures; the second on the capacity of artaba in terms of various lesser measures; the third on how to measure the capacity of various objects, with one line presumably dealing with ratio between cleaned and uncleaned wheat; the fourth on measures of length. The papyrus preserves the last lines of columns 1-4; the beginnings of which are contained in Papyrus 1785.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003394638 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1667 : Receipt for Repayment of Money (P.Lond. V 1717, TM 19733) and Metrological Tables and Problems by Dioscorus (P.Lond. V 1718, TM… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0607]/040-003394638
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Long fragment of a papyrus roll, written on both sides. The recto contains parts of the right-hand side of a document, the left-hand side of which is to be found in the three fragments forming Papyrus 1785. The mid strip of the papyrus between 1785 and 1667 is missing. The text is also broken off at the top and bottom. The text on the verso is written across the fibres and contains the lower parts of four columns; the upper parts are to be found in Papyrus 1785. The mid portion of the columns between Papyrus 1785 and 1667 is lost.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058770741.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0560
- End Date:
- 0600
- Date Range:
- 2nd half 6th century
- 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: 920 x 130 mm. Mounted in a glass frame measuring 965 x 180 mm.
Script: Recto: Upright cursive hand; an additional hand is to be found from line 51 to end. Verso: Hand of Dioscorus.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Antinoopolis, Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito (Kom Ishgau), Antaiopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1717
P.Lond. V 1718 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 151-154, no. 1717.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 155-165, no. 1718.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 82.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1958), p. 92.
R. P. Duncan-Jones, ‘The Choenix, the Artaba and the Modius’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 21 (1976), pp. 43-52
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1976), p. 65.
D. W. Rathbone, ‘The Weight and Measurement of Egyptian Grains’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 53 (1983), pp. 265-275 (pp. 267-270).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1992), p. 192.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1998), p. 107.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)