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Papyrus 949
- Record Id:
- 040-003652584
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102456950.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469616.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 949
- Title:
- Public Registration of a Sale (SB XX 14447, P.Lond. III 949 descr., TM 32186)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary application for the public registration of a deed of sale at the Nanaion (central state archive) in Alexandria; the application to notify the keepers of the public archives of the Hermopolite nome follows.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Greek Papyri
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003652584 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 949 : Public Registration of a Sale (SB XX 14447, P.Lond. III 949 descr., TM 32186) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1591]/040-003652584
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, broken off to the left, with insect holes and abrasion in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of 12 lines, all lacking the beginning, for a loss of c. 35 letters; at least one column must have preceded. The upper and lower margins survive, no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469616.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0250
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 85 x 154 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 140 x 205 mm.
Script: Small, sloping semi-uncial hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite 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 949 descr.
SB XX 14447 - 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. xlviii, no. 949 descr.
G. M. Parássoglou, ‘Nineteen Papyri from the British Library’, Hellenika 37 (1986), pp. 23-45 (pp. 25-27, 29, no. 3, with pl.).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), p. , no. 14447.
P. Sänger, 'Bemerkungen zu δημοσίωσις-Urkunden', Tyche. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 22 (2007), pp. 222-224 (p. 223, no. 582) = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2017), p. 222.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)