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Papyrus 951
- Record Id:
- 040-003410149
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058808839.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100059353557.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 951
- Title:
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Contract (P.Lond. III 951r, TM 22742) and Private Letter to a Son-In-Law (P.Lond. III 951v, TM 31964)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Lond. III 951r, TM 22742): End of a contract between a certain Hermias and someone else, presumably concerning property; dated to 249.
Verso (P.Lond. III 951v, Chrest.Wilck. 483, TM 31964): Lower part of a private letter to a son-in-law, who is being reproached either by a mother-in-law or by a father-in-law because he wants his wife to nurse the newly arrived infant. The scribe invites him to hire a nurse instead, if needed. The address is to be found in the left-hand margin of the recto, written perpendicularly to the main text.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003410149 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 951 : Contract (P.Lond. III 951r, TM 22742) and Private Letter to a Son-In-Law (P.Lond. III 951v, TM 31964) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0627]/040-003410149
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment from a papyrus roll, broken on top and written on both sides; housed in one glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100059353557.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0249
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 249-299
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 120 x 175 mm. Housed in one glass frame measuring 175 x 230 mm.
Script: Recto: Well-formed, upright cursive hand. Verso: Large, somehow irregular, semi-uncial hand, with serifs.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Wilck. 483
P.Lond. III 951r
P.Lond. III 951v - 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. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 220-221, no. 951r., p. 213, no. 951v.
L. Mitteis, U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde I.2 (Leipzig-Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1912), pp. 567-568, no. 483.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1913), p. 290.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1964), p. 44.
J. Hengstl, Griechische Papyri aus Ägypten als Zeugnisse des öffentlichen und privaten Lebens (München: Heimeran cop. 1978), pp. 189-190, no. 76.
Corpus Papyrorum Graecarum I. I Contratti di baliatico (Milano: [s.n.] 1984), App. B 5.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1995), p. 252.
R. S. Bagnall, R. Cribiore, Women's letters from ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 2006), pp. 265-266. - Exhibitions:
- Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)