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Papyrus 1027
- Record Id:
- 040-003573523
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101747220.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464129.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1027
- Title:
- Work Contract (SB XX 14400, P.Lond. III 1027 descr., TM 38453)
- Scope & Content:
- A man whose name is lost undertakes to serve the count (comes) Christophorus for a period of one year at a salary of two gold solidi and six carats. Tachygraphic lines are found at the end and on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003573523 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1027 : Work Contract (SB XX 14400, P.Lond. III 1027 descr., TM 38453) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1552]/040-003573523
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Long and narrow papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, lacking the upper right edge and with some damage along the folds; written on both sides along the fibres. On the front, there are 17 lines; of the first, only the feet of few letters remain; lines 1-12 lack the beginnings. Side margins are minimal; the lower margin is generous. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at c. 10 mm from the right edge. The back bears 10 lines with tachygraphic signs. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464129.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- 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: 350 x 120 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 405 x 175 mm.
Script: Proficient cursive hand., upright and large.
- Custodial History:
-
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 1027 descr.
SB XX 14400 - 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. liii, no. 1027 descr.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Labour Contract of a σύμμαχος’, Chronique d'Égypte 65 (1990), pp. 288-289.
A. Jördens, ‘Fünf neue Symmachos-Papyri’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 92 (1992), pp. 219-231 (pp. 219, 231).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), no. 14400.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 229.
J. Banaji, Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity: Gold, Labour, and Aristocratic Dominance (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2007), p. 235.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)