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Papyrus 1045
- Record Id:
- 040-003534634
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101134011.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464170.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1045
- Title:
- Sale of a House (SB XX 14448, P.Lond. III 1045 descr., TM 39456)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary deed of a sale of half of a house sold by the deacon Phoebammon, the soldier Antonius, the sub-deacons Aelianus and Callinicus, and Theophila to the comes Germanus, in front of witnesses.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003534634 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1045 : Sale of a House (SB XX 14448, P.Lond. III 1045 descr., TM 39456) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1495]/040-003534634
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom, with insect holes and surface damage in places; darker in the middle; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 13 lines, with a trace of another line at the bottom; side margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464170.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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-

- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 6th century-7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 235 x 300 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 300 x 350 mm.
Script: Proficient, large and thin cursive hand, sloping to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1045 descr.
SB XX 14448 - 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. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. liv, no. 1045 descr.
G. M. Parássoglou, ‘Nineteen Papyri from the British Library’, Hellenika 37 (1986), pp. 23-45 (p. 29, no. 4).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), p. , no. 14448.
R. S. Bagnall, K. A. Worp, ‘P. Princ. II 84 Revisited’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 40 (2003), pp. 11-25 (p. 25).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aelianus, sub-deacon, 6th century-7th century
Antonius, soldier, 6th century-7th century
Callinicus, sub-deacon, 6th century-7th century
Germanus, comes, 6th century-7th century
Phoebammon, deacon, 6th century-7th century
Theophila, 6th century-7th century