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Papyrus 838
- Record Id:
- 040-003464568
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100087749957.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463587.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 838
- Title:
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Fragment of a Lease (P.Lond. II 838, TM 22690)
- Scope & Content:
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End of a lease, with only the date and the subscriptions surviving. The subscription of the lessors was written by Eudaemon, son of Comon, as they were illiterate.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003464568 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 838 : Fragment of a Lease (P.Lond. II 838, TM 22690) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0897]/040-003464568
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom, with few holes and minor surface damage in the preserved part; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text breaks off at the top; 14 lines are preserved, the first two of which are very mutilated; the last 5 lines are written in the right half of the sheet, separated by blank space from the rest of the text. Side margins are extant. A sheet-join runs across the fibres and along the height of the papyrus in the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463587.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0123
- End Date:
- 0123
- Date Range:
- 31 October 123
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 128 x 112 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 175 x 160 mm.
Script: Thick, rapid cursive hand; different cursive hand, thinner and uneven, for lines 6-9.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 835-878 by the executors of William Joseph Myers, F. S. A., (b. 1858, d. 1899) through R. Taylor in 1900.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 838
- 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. 440.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 140, no. 838.
R. Ziegler, ‘Bemerkungen zur Datierung dokumentarischer Papyri und Ostraka’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 114 (1996), pp. 157-161 (p. 160).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)