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Papyrus 932
- Record Id:
- 040-003467724
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100088568921.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463788.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 932
- Title:
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Agreement on Inheritance (P.Lond. III 932, TM 22718)
- Scope & Content:
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Isidorus renounces all share in the inheritance of his late father in favour of his brothers Herminus and Theognostus, on condition that they repay their father’s debts and maintain their living mother.
Lines 1-10: Deed in the names of Herminus and Theognostus, addressed to Isidorus; with signature of the banker at the end and line filler.
Lines 11-end: Body of the deed, in the name of Isidorus, addressed to Herminus and Theognostus; with signatures of Isidorus and Theognostus. The name of Geta was erased.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003467724 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 932 : Agreement on Inheritance (P.Lond. III 932, TM 22718) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0912]/040-003467724
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved, with minor damage along the vertical folds and slightly abraded in few places of the upper portion. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The text is arranged in one broad column of 26 lines, with blank space between lines 10 and 11. All margins are extant, the right being minimal. The left margin measures between 20 and 40 mm, and the lower 35-40 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463788.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0211
- End Date:
- 0211
- Date Range:
- 6 February 211
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 256 x 341 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 305 x 395 mm.
Script: Five hands. Lines 1-10: 1st hand. Rough and rapid cursive hand of small size, thin and sloping to the right; end of line 10: 2nd hand, larger, upright rapid cursive for the subscription; lines 11-24: 3rd hand, upright, well formed and regular; end of line 24: 4th hand, thin and large, irregular, with detached letters; lines 25-26: 5th hand: rough, upright and large, with few ligatures.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, 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:
- P.Lond. III 932
- 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. 148-150, no. 932, with plate 44.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 283.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Theognostos Alias Moros and His Family’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 76 (1989), pp. 213-218 (pp. 214-216).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 181.
N. Litinas, ‘Hermou polis of the Thebais. Some Corrections and Notes Concerning its Name and Epithets’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 41 (1995), pp. 66-84 (p. 78).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 133.
- Exhibitions:
- Defacing the past. Damnation and desecration in imperial Rome, British Museum, 13 October 2016 - 7 May 2017
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)