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Papyrus 2518
- Record Id:
- 040-003473312
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100093965812.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467925.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2518
- Title:
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Receipt of Payment (P.Diog. 36, TM 26620)
- Scope & Content:
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Marcus Iulius Casianus acknowledges receipt of the outstading sum for 1 ¾ aruras of land, which he had sold to Valeria, daughter of Gaius, for 1100 silver drachmas.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003473312 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2518 : Receipt of Payment (P.Diog. 36, TM 26620) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1064]/040-003473312
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Long and narrow papyrus sheet, medium-brown, complete, damaged by holes and abraded in places; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There is one column of 22 lines, which occupy the upper half of the sheet. Margins are extant, with the blank at the bottom measuring 130 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467925.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0132
- End Date:
- 0248
- Date Range:
- 132-248
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Left fragments: 153 x 57 mm; Right fragment: 169 x 164 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 295 x 100 mm.
Script: Rough, uneven and unskilled hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt (?).
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2486-2542 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) in September 1922. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan and Cornell University.
- Former External References:
- P.Diog. 36
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 366.
O. Montevecchi, La papirologia (Milano: Vita e Pensiero 1988), p. 577, no. 17.
P. Schubert, Les archives de Marcus Lucretius Diogenes et textes apparentés (Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 39) (Bonn: R. Habelt 1990), pp. 188-190, no. 36.
P. van Minnen, ‘Les archives de Marcus Lucretius Diogenes et textes apparentés by P. Schubert’, Mnemosyne 48 (1995), pp. 507-511.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 64.
P. Schubert, Philadelphie. Un village égyptien en mutation entre le IIe et le IIIe siècle ap. J.-C. (Schweizerische Beiträge für Altertumswissenschaft 34) (Basel: Schwabe 2007), pp. 55-69, 85-95.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Marcus Iulius Casianus, 2nd century-3rd century
Marcus Lucretius Diogenes, 183-226
Valeria, 2nd century-3rd century - Places:
- Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza), Egypt
- Related Material:
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The papyrus belongs to the Archive of (Marcus) Lucretius Diogenes and Aurelius Sarapion (TM Arch ID 137).