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Papyrus 1673
- Record Id:
- 040-003666209
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100103246285.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465986.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1673
- Title:
- Contract of Partnership (P.Lond. V 1794, TM 19767)
- Scope & Content:
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Beginning of a contract of partnership between two fruit-dealers, named Aurelius Isidorus and Aurelius Dorotheus, of Hermopolis; with docket on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003666209 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1673 : Contract of Partnership (P.Lond. V 1794, TM 19767) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1657]/040-003666209
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom but complete at the top and sides; with insect holes in places and darker on the left-hand side; written on both sides. The front bears 17 lines from the top of a column, written along the fibres; upper and side margins are extant. On the back, there is one line written along the fibres, lacking the end. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465986.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0488
- End Date:
- 0488
- Date Range:
- 21 June 488
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 210 x 162 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 265 x 220 mm.
Script: Recto: Small, sloping cursive hand; ink of light colour, faint in places. Verso: Large hand, perhaps different from the one of the recto.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite 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 1794
- 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.
Harold I. Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum, 1917), pp. 250-251, no. 1794.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1992), p. 193.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995), p. 148.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aurelius Dorotheus, 2nd half of 5th century
Aurelius Isidorus, 2nd half of 5th century - Places:
- Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt.