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Papyrus 220
- Record Id:
- 040-003463531
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100086726465.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123994.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 220
- Title:
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Petition, Bail Agreement for a Prisoner (P.Lond. II 220 recto, Chrest.Mitt. 35, TM 5888), and Accounts (P.Lond. II 218 verso descr., TM 78453)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (TM 5888):
Column 1: Petition concerning the repayment of a loan, presumably from a certain Theoxena, who is mentioned in Column 2 as well. The recipient is lost
Column 2: Agreement to secure the release of a prisoner. The guarantor undertakes to produce the prisoner whenever required within three days; penalty applies should they fail to do so.
Verso (TM 78453): Accounts and lists of names; unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003463531 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 220 : Petition, Bail Agreement for a Prisoner (P.Lond. II 220 recto, Chrest.Mitt. 35, TM 5888), and Accounts (P.Lond. II 218 verso descr.,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0890]/040-003463531
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two larger papyrus fragments and three unplaced scraps from mummy cartonnage, with surface damage throughout; bearing writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front contains portions of two columns; the back was rotated 180 degrees and is defaced.
The papyrus diplays modern repairs of the early XX century and is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123994.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0199
- End Date:
- -0100
- Date Range:
- 2nd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 253 x 300 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 370 x 345 mm.
Script: Recto: Column 1: neat, regular, medium-sized cursive hand; Column 2: larger, rougher and thicker uncial hand. Verso: Small cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Itos (Edfa) (?), Panopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Panopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 216-228 from the Reverend Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) on 14 May 1892. Papyri 219-228 were taken from the cartonnage of a mummy case.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Mitt. 35
P.Lond. II 220 recto
P.Lond. II 220 verso descr. - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 412.
Recto
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 5-6, no. 220 recto.
U. Wilcken, ‘Papyrus-Urkunden’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 1 (1901), pp. 122-177 (p. 135).
A. Berger, Die Strafklauseln in den Papyrusurkunden. Ein Beitrag zum gräko-ägyptischen Obligationenrecht (Leipzig–Berlin: B. G. Teubner 1911), pp. 31, 33 and passim.
L. Mitteis, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. II Hälfte Chrestomathie (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 44-45, no. 35.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 242.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 80.
J. Bauschatz, ‘Ptolemaic Prisons Reconsidered’, The Classical Bulletin 83.1 (2007), pp. 3-47 (pp. 29, 37).
Verso
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xxi, no. 220 verso descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)