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Papyrus 1780
- Record Id:
- 040-003481440
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100099900924.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466212.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1780
- Title:
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Sale on Credit (P.Lond. V 1775, TM 36943)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragmentary acknowledgment addressed to Aurelius Stephanus, of Hermopolis, for the loan of 8 solidi minus 48 carats on account of a purchase; the person making the statement (apparently a woman) undertakes to pay 2 solidi less 12 carats out of the sum.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003481440 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1780 : Sale on Credit (P.Lond. V 1775, TM 36943) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1469]/040-003481440
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus sheet, darkened at the top and bottom, with a vertical break, small insect holes in places and surface damage. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; portions of 12 lines remain, lacking beginnings and ends. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466212.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 133 x 192 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 245 mm.
Script: Sloping cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1757-1786 from Ali Abd-el-Haj on 12 October 1907.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1775
- 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. 312.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 235-236, no. 1780.
A. Jördens, ‘Kaufpreisstundungen (Sales on Credit)’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 98 (1993), pp. 263-282 (pp. 268, 270-271, and passim).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)