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Papyrus 225
- Record Id:
- 040-003463538
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100086744443.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124055.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 225
- Title:
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Loan of Wheat (P.Lond. II 225, TM 5889)
- Scope & Content:
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Contract for the loan of some artabas of wheat, drawn up in the notarial office of Hermias and Apollonius, the lender being Zenodorus. The names of the borrowers are lost.
The verso bears remains of another text, defaced.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003463538 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 225 : Loan of Wheat (P.Lond. II 225, TM 5889) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0892]/040-003463538
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two fragments of a papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, bearing writing along the fibres on both sides. The text on the back is much defaced. On the front, the upper fragment contains portions of 16 lines and the lower fragment parts of 7 lines. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124055.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0118
- End Date:
- -0118
- Date Range:
- 30 November-9 December 118 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Upper fragment: x mm; lower fragment: x mm. Housed in a glass case measuring x mm.
Script: Thick, regular hand, detached, with some ligatured letters.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: 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:
- P.Lond. II 225
- 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.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 8-9, no. 225, with pl. 2.
A. Berger, Die Strafklauseln in den Papyrusurkunden. Ein Beitrag zum gräko-ägyptischen Obligationenrecht (Leipzig–Berlin: B. G. Teubner 1911), p. 104.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 243.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 80.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 93.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1969), p. 50.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)