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Papyrus 2837
- Record Id:
- 040-003652589
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102456955.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468431.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2837
- Title:
- Receipt of Wheat (SB XX 15107, TM 38530)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt from the church of the village of Euphrosynos through the assistant Matoi acknowledging the payment of 12 artabas of wheat made by Menas, son of Phoebammon, for three indictions.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Greek Papyri
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003652589 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2837 : Receipt of Wheat (SB XX 15107, TM 38530) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1597]/040-003652589
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus slip, dark-brown, complete but damaged by holes and abrasion, and somewhat torn at the top; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are 4 lines and traces of another line at the bottom. The left margin measures 15-25 mm; 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_100147468431.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 53 x 305 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 105 x 355 mm.
Script: Large, proficient and neat upright cursive hand. Same hand as Papyrus 2842 and Papyrus 1772.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2784-2849 as share from a joint purchase arranged with the University of Michigan, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, and Wilfred Merton (b. 1888, d. 1957) from various dealers in November and December 1926, formally acquired in October 1927. Papyri 2823-2849 were purchased from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948).
- Former External References:
- SB XX 15017
- Publications:
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R. Pintaudi, P. J. Sijpesteijn, 'Papiri tardo-bizantini conservati alla British Library', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 78 (1989), pp. 103-115 (p. 109, no. 4, with pl.).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), no. 15017.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 233.
J.-L. Fournet, C. Magdelaine, Les archives de Dioscore d'Aphrodité cent ans après leur découverte: histoire et culture dans l'Egypte byzantine: actes du Colloque de Strasbourg, 8-10 décembre 2005 (Paris: De Boccard 2008), p. 332.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)