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Papyrus 945
- Record Id:
- 040-003652592
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102456958.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469611.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 945
- Title:
- Registration of Property (P.Lond. III 945, TM 22730)
- Scope & Content:
- Aurelia Dioscorous, daughter of Hermaeus alias Pathotes, writes to the keepers of the public archives of Hermopolis to register one-third of a house with courtyard and appurtnenances, which she has purchased from her brother Aurelius Theognostus alias Morus. With subscriptions of Aurelia Dioscorous written by Aurelius Pinution alias Copreas as she is illiterate, of Theognostus and of Aurelius Herminus, councillor and keeper of the archives through the scribe Aurelius Ammonius. Large Xs ('St Andrew's cross') conclude the document.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Greek Papyri
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003652592 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 945 : Registration of Property (P.Lond. III 945, TM 22730) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1590]/040-003652592
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, complete but damaged by holes and abrasion in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 28 lines, with all margins extant. No blank space was left on the right. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at c. 23 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469611.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0231
- End Date:
- 0231
- Date Range:
- 11 Aug 0231
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 241 x 157 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 290 x 220 mm.
Script: Thin and regular hand for the body of the document, with few ligatures; three hands for the subscriptions from line 22.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), 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 945
- Publications:
-
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), pp. 120-121, no. 945, with pl. 57.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 280.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Theognostos Alias Moros and His Family’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 76 (1989), pp. 213-218 (pp. 215, 217).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 134.
B. E. Nielsen, ‘A Catalog of Duplicate Papyri', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 129 (2000), pp. 187-214 (p. 197).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)