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Papyrus 1624
- Record Id:
- 040-003481365
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100099855420.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470188.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1624
- Title:
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Sale of Wool (P.Lond. V 1777, TM 19764)
- Scope & Content:
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Aurelius Ariston, son of Panbekios, from Taampeti, acknowledges that he has received from Aphyngios, presbyter from Oxyrhynchus, the agreed price for wool. Papyrus 1748(C) is another fragment of the same papyrus.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003481365 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1624 : Sale of Wool (P.Lond. V 1777, TM 19764) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1467]/040-003481365
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Upper right corner of a papyrus sheet, mid-dark brown, with insect holes in the preserved portion; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of 9 lines from the top of a column; the last 3 lines are badly mutilated; upper and right margin survives, the right being minimal. The upper left corner is preserved by Papyrus 1748(C) The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470188.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0434
- End Date:
- 0434
- Date Range:
- 7 September 434
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 114 x 130 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 165 x 180 mm.
Script: Neat and flourished upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1777
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. viii, 236-237, no. 1777.
F. Hohmann, Zur Chronologie der Papyrusurkunden (Römische Kaiserzeit) (Berlin: F. Siemenroth 1911), p. 38.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 403.
R. S. Bagnall, K. A. Worp, ‘Chronological Notes on Byzantine Documents (VI)’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 17 (1980), pp. 27-36 (p. 29).
N. Kruit, ‘Local Customs in the Formulas of Sales of Wine for Future Delivery (A Supplement to P.Heid. V)’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 94 (1992), pp. 167-184 (p. 168, n. 3).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 147.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aphyngios, presbyter of the Catholic Church; from Oxyrhynchus, 1st half of 5th century
Aurelius Ariston, 1st half of 5th century - Places:
- Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt
- Related Material:
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Papyrus 1748(C) (P.Lond. V 1895) is another fragment from the same sheet.