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Papyrus 1970
- Record Id:
- 040-003473136
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100093815052.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123464.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1970
- Title:
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Undertaking to Recover the Value of a Deposit (cf. SB X 10293; TM 832449)
- Scope & Content:
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Soterichus, assistant of directors of the granary (sitologi) of Theadelphia, writes to Bolanus, strategus of the divisions of Themistos and Polemon, and undertakes to recover 1820 silver drachmas, which had been deposited by Chariton and his colleagues, collectors of the crown-tax, on account of the state-cultivators of the village. Penalty applies should Soterichus fail to abide by the terms. With subscription of Soterichus and dating clause at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003473136 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1970 : Undertaking to Recover the Value of a Deposit (cf. SB X 10293; TM 832449) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1051]/040-003473136
- 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 only minor abrasion in places. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 34 lines, complete; all margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123464.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0198
- End Date:
- 0198
- Date Range:
- 29 September 198
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 224 x 92 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 140 mm.
Script: Untidy but practised upright hand, more cursive in places; 2nd hand in lines 27-29, unskilled and shaky.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Theadelpheia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Theadelpheia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1873-2016 from Ali Abd el Hari on 15 May 1911.
- Former External References:
- SB X 10293
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915 I (London: British Museum 1969), p. 475.
R. A. Coles, ‘Four Papyri from the British Museum’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 52 (1966), pp. 129-137 (pp. 131-133, no. 2; duplicate).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten X (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1971), p. 52, no. 10293.
B. E. Nielsen, ‘A Catalog of Duplicate Papyri', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 129 (2000), pp. 187-214 (p. 213).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)