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Papyrus 972
- Record Id:
- 040-003467992
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100089035836.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463935.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 972
- Title:
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Order to Pay (P.Lond. III 972, TM 33775)
- Scope & Content:
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An order from Melas to Elias to pay 5 silver talents to Phibion, tax collector, for rent. With month and day, and signature of Melas.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003467992 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 972 : Order to Pay (P.Lond. III 972, TM 33775) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0927]/040-003467992
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus slip, complete, with few small insect holes and minor damage along the horizontal fold. Writing runs across the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are two lines, complete; all margins are extant, the side margins being irregular and minimal. The blank space at the bottom measures 45-50 mm; in the bottom margin to the right a word was penned in a different hand. Horizontal and vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463935.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 87 x 258 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 145 x 305 mm.
Script: Rather irregular cursive hand of fair size; small cursive hand in the lower margin.
- 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:
- P.Lond. III 972
- 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), p. 212, no. 972.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 289.
N. Gonis, 'Notes on Miscellaneous Documents VII', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 218 (2021), 158-62 (p. 160, no. 93).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)