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Papyrus 1004
- Record Id:
- 040-003666243
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100103261409.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464064.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1004
- Title:
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Portion of a Contract (ZPE 215 (2020), p. 263, P.Lond. III 1004 descr., TM 22775)
- Scope & Content:
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Beginning of a contract of uncertain nature, between a secretary or stenographer (notarius) and his brother, and Flavius Apollos, a soldier of the unit of the Mauri.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003666243 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1004 : Portion of a Contract (ZPE 215 (2020), p. 263, P.Lond. III 1004 descr., TM 22775) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1662]/040-003666243
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Portion of a papyrus sheet, somewhat darkened in places, broken off at the bottom and right, and damaged on the left and at the top; abraded in places; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears portions of 11 lines lacking the ends; traces of another line are visible at the bottom; part of the left margin survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464064.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0517
- End Date:
- 0517
- Date Range:
- January-September 517
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 215 x 168 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 270 x 230 mm.
Script: Large, thin and regular cursive hand.
- 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 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1004 descr.
- 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. lii, no. 1004 descr.
N. Kruit, ‘Three Byzantine Sales for Future Delivery SB XVI 12401 + 12402, SB VI 9051, P.Lond. III 997’, Tyche. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 9 (1994), pp. 67-88 (p. 85, n. 68).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 102.
A. Benaissa, ‘Late Antique Papyri from Hermopolis in the British Library I’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 215 (2020), pp. 257–272, (pp. 261–263, no. 3, with pl.).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Flavius Apollos, soldier of the unit of the Mauri, early 6th century
- Places:
- Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt.