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Papyrus 977
- Record Id:
- 040-003468087
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100091240704.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463955.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 977
- Title:
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Sale of a Slave (P.Lond. III 977, TM 22756)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragmentary sale of a slave by Claudius Theon Timagenes to Flavius Sanctus alias Magnillius, of Antinoopolis.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003468087 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 977 : Sale of a Slave (P.Lond. III 977, TM 22756) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0931]/040-003468087
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Two larger fragments and four detached scraps from the left-hand side of a papyrus roll, broken off at the bottom, mutilated to the right and damaged by holes throughout; with minor abrasion and other surface damage in places. Writing is on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The beginnings of 41 lines are preserved, with traces of another line. Upper and left margins partly survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463955.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0330
- End Date:
- 0330
- Date Range:
- 330
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Upper fragment: 276 x 189 mm; Lower fragment: 273 x 204 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 640 x 255 mm.
Script: Large, thin, upright cursive hand, neat and regular.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Antinoopolis, Egypt.
Provenance: Antinoopolis, 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 977
- 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. 231-232, no. 977, with pll. 69-70.
U. Wilcken, ‘Papyrus-Urkunden’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 4 (1908), pp. 526-568 (p. 557).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), pp. 290-291.
J. C. Naber, ‘Observatiunculae ad papyros iuridicae (Continued)’, Mnemosyne 58 (1930), pp. 339-368 (pp. 359-360).
H. I. Bell, ‘Antinoopolis: A Hadrianic Foundation in Egypt’, The Journal of Roman Studies 30 (1940), pp. 133-147 (p. 145).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 95.
R. S. Bagnall, ‘Fourth-Century Prices: New Evidence and Further Thoughts’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 76 (1989), pp. 69-76 (p. 74).
K. A. Worp, ‘Ἄρξαντες and πολιτευόμενοι in Papyri from Graeco-Roman Egypt’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 115 (1997), pp. 201–220 (p. 203).
J. A. Straus, ‘Remarques sur quelques contrats de vente d'esclaves conservés sur papyrus’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 104 (1994), pp. 227-229 (pp. 227-228) = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 101.
J. A. Straus, ‘Mea maxima culpa. À propos des P. Lond. III 977, P. Nepheros 33, PSI XII 1228, SB V 8007 et SB XVIII 13173’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 111 (1996), pp. 191-192 = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 112.
J. A. Straus, ‘Liste commentée des contrats de vente d'esclaves passés en Égypte aux époques grecque, romaine et byzantine’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 131 (2000), pp. 135-144 (p. 143, no. 52) = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 102.
P. M. Quinto (ed), Harold Idris Bell, Medea Norsa. Carteggio 1926-1949 (Bari: Edizioni Dedalo 2005), p. 95.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)