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Papyrus 1208
- Record Id:
- 040-003475940
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100097996027.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464556.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1208
- Title:
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Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 1208, TM 244)
- Scope & Content:
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Contract drawn up by the notary Ammonius in Pathyris, recording the sale of one arura of land from Patous, son of Pelaias, to Takoibis, daughter of Patous, at the price of one talent. Patous had bought the land from Peteharsemtheus, son of Panebchounis. With summary of the deed (scriptura interior, originally rolled up and sealed) in column 1 and original clay seal, showing a head turning to the right, with head covering or crown (TM Seal 897).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003475940 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1208 : Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 1208, TM 244) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1162]/040-003475940
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus roll, light-brown, broken off to the right, with some holes and surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are two columns, the first of 5 lines, the second of 13 broad lines, some of which lack the ends. Upper, lower and left margins are extant. In the lower margin (60 mm), traces of ink are visible. Two sheet-joins running from top to bottom are visible. The original seal is preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464556.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0097
- End Date:
- -0097
- Date Range:
- 17 February 97 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus; clay.
Dimensions: 151 x 287 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 205 x 345 mm.
Script: Thick, upright cursive hand of small size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Pathyris (Gebelein), Egypt.
Provenance: Pathryis (Gebelein), Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1208
- 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. 444.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 19, no. 1208, with pl. 10.
K. Vandorpe, 'Seals in and on the Papyri of Greco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt', in M.-Fr. Boussac, A. Invernizzi (eds.), Archives et Sceaux du monde hellénistique (Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, Suppl. 29) (Paris: de Boccard 1997), pp. 231-291 (no. 38).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)