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Papyrus 1651
- Record Id:
- 040-003652594
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102456960.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465899.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1651
- Title:
- Loan of Money (P.Lond. V 1716, TM 19732)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary loan of money secured on seventy-three jars of wine, to be repaid without interest, written by Dioscorus; with subscriptions of the debtor Aurelius Anatolius, son of Hermias, of Hermopolis, and of two witnesses.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Greek Papyri
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003652594 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1651 : Loan of Money (P.Lond. V 1716, TM 19732) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1593]/040-003652594
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, darkened in places, broken off at the top and left; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 19 lines, with the beginnings being lost. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465899.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0570
- End Date:
- 0570
- Date Range:
- 570
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 130 x 158 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 215 mm.
Script: Proficient cursive hand of Dioscorus, somewhat uneven and compressed in places; three hands for the suscriptions in lines 13-17.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1716
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 150-151, no. 1716.
K. Maresch, Nomisma und Nomismatia: Beiträge zur Geldgeschichte Ägyptens im 6. Jahrhundert n. Chr. (Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag 1994), p. 167.
J.-L. Fournet (ed.), 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), pp. 91, 92, 98.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anatolius, 6th century
Dioscorus of Aphrodito, poet and administrator, 6th century - Places:
- Kôm Ishgau, Egypt; the site of Aphrodito
- Related Material:
- The papyrus belongs to the Archive of Dioskoros (TM Arch ID 72).