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Papyrus 978
- Record Id:
- 040-003468059
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100089042558.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463971.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 978
- Title:
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Share of a House (P.Lond. III 978, TM 22757)
- Scope & Content:
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Agreement for the division of a house-property located in Hermopolis, to be shared between one brother and three sisters. Details are accurately provided. With subscriptions at the end of Aurelia Tecysis, written by her husband Aurelius Silvanus, of Aurelia Isias, written by her husband Aurelius Pecysis, of Aurelius Syrion and of Aurelia Cleautis, written by Aurelius Hierax.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003468059 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 978 : Share of a House (P.Lond. III 978, TM 22757) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0930]/040-003468059
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet in poor condition, broken off to the left, lacking the left bottom edge and with insect holes throughout; abrasion and other surface damage occur in the preserved portion. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 21 lines lacking the beginnings. Upper, right and lower margins survive. A sheet-join runs across the fibres and along the height of the sheet 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_100147463971.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0331
- End Date:
- 0331
- Date Range:
- 7 December 331
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 248 x 389 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 295 x 405 mm.
Script: Neat, proficient and regular cursive hand of small size; different hands for the subscriptions: lines 18-19: second hand, large, rough and irregular; lines 19-20: third hand, small and uneven, with a slight slant to the right; line 20: fourth and fifth hands, one exhibiting rough uncial letters of big size, the other being rapid, cursive and of smaller size.
- 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 978
- 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. 232-234, no. 978.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), pp. 291-292.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 182.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 101.
R. Alston, The City in Roman and Byzantine Egypt (London-New York: Routledge 2002), p. 84.
R. S. Bagnall, K. A. Worp, The Chronological Systems of Byzantine Egypt2 (Leiden: E.J. Brill 2004), pp. 109-110.
R. W. Daniel, Architectural Orientation in the Papyri (Paderborn: Schöningh 2010), pp. 71-72.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)