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Papyrus 1100
- Record Id:
- 040-003592420
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106615306.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464333.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1100
- Title:
- Sale of Camels (SB XX 14221, P.Lond. III 1100 descr., TM 23693)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary contract for the sale of a female camel and two foals at the price of at least 900 drachmas. Dated to 3 October 179, or 2 October 177 or 178; with dating clause and subscriptions at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003592420 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1100 : Sale of Camels (SB XX 14221, P.Lond. III 1100 descr., TM 23693) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1569]/040-003592420
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, lacking its left-hand half, with about one-third of text having been lost, and with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 27 lines, lacking the beginnings. Upper and lower margins survive; no margin was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464333.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0177
- End Date:
- 0179
- Date Range:
- October 177-179
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 226 x 75 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 285 x 125 mm.
Script: Four hands: lines 1-13: Medium-sized, somewhat irregular, upright hand, with ligatures; lines 13-18: Smaller cursive hand with a slight slant to the right; lines 19-20: Rough, thin hand, with some ligatures; lines 21-end: Bigger and thicker hand, rough and irregular.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome (?), 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 1100 descr.
SB XX 14221 - 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. lvii, no. 1100 descr.
R. Pintaudi, ‘Vendita di una cammella e due piccoli (P. Lond. III 1100 descr.)’, Analecta Papyrologica 3 (1991), pp. 105-108, with plate.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), no. 14221.
A. Jördens, ‘Sozialstrukturen im Arbeitstierhandel des kaiserzeitlichen Ägypten’, Tyche. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 10 (1995), pp. 37-100 (p. 74, n. 186, n. 187, and passim).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 226.
D. Hagedorn, ‘Bemerkungen zu Urkunden’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 154 (2005), pp. 195-200 (p. 196).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 225.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)