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Papyrus 1557
- Record Id:
- 040-003534642
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101134150.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465697.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1557
- Title:
- Receipt for Rent (SB XX 14460, TM 7905)
- Scope & Content:
- Philippus acknowledges payment of 2500 bronze drachmas from Pheris as rent of a pigeon house. With date at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003534642 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1557 : Receipt for Rent (SB XX 14460, TM 7905) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1503]/040-003534642
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet of good quality, torn along the right edge and with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 8 complete lines; left, upper and lower margins survive; the right margin is damaged. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465697.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0254
- End Date:
- -0143
- Date Range:
- 23 April 254 BC or 22 April 143 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 137 x 100 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 190 x 140 mm.
Script: Upright cursive hand of medium size, thick and slightly uneven towards the ends of the lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Herakleia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite 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:
- SB XX 14460
- 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.
G. M. Parássoglou, ‘Nineteen Papyri from the British Library’, Hellenika 37 (1986), pp. 23-45 (pp. 39-40, no. 15 with pl.).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), p. 725, no. 14460.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)