Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Papyrus 2187
- Record Id:
- 040-003609254
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110693694.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467355.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2187
- Title:
- Census Return (SB XXII 15465, TM 79045)
- Scope & Content:
- Portion of a census declaration, the name of the declarant being lost. The part preserved lists the women of the household, that is, the declarant’s wife Alexandra, a freedwoman, and their daughter, a twin, aged 3. The other child is not listed in the surviving part. With oath and beginning of the dating clause.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003609254 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2187 : Census Return (SB XXII 15465, TM 79045) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1575]/040-003609254
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, bottom and left, and damaged by insect hole throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back bearing a few traces of ink. The front bears portions of 15 lines, many of which lack the ends, with a trace of line 16. Only the left margin survives.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467355.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0147
- End Date:
- 0147
- Date Range:
- 147
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 120 x 115 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 165 x 155 mm.
Script: Cursive hand with a slant to the right, somewhat irregular.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2103-2239 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in May 1920.
- Former External References:
- SB XXII 15465
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1916-1920 (London: British Museum 1933), p. 373.
R. S. Bagnall, ‘Census Declarations from the British Library’, Chronique d’Égypte 69 (1994), pp. 109-126 (pp. 113-115, no. 2, with pl.).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten.Band XXII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2001), no. 15465.
R. S. Bagnall, B. W. Frier, The Demography of Roman Egypt (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1994), p. 232, no. 145-Ox-1.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)