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Papyrus 1215
- Record Id:
- 040-003677678
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104378667.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464580.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1215
- Title:
- Order to Supply Seed Corn (P.Lond. III 1215, TM 22841)
- Scope & Content:
- Order from Diodotus to Metocus, directorof the granary (sitologus), instructing him to supply thirty-five artabas of wheat as seed to Dius, son of Apollonius, to be repaid with interest after the following harvest. The receipt of Dius follows.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003677678 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1215 : Order to Supply Seed Corn (P.Lond. III 1215, TM 22841) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1701]/040-003677678
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, complete, with insect holes throughout and some abrasion in places; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are 17 complete lines, with a blank space of 40 mm between lines 10 and 11. The right margin is irregular, the upper and lower margins are wide and measure 30 and 60-65 mm respectively. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464580.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0075
- End Date:
- 0075
- Date Range:
- 7 November 75
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 211 x 118 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 265 x 165 mm.
Script: Two hands. Lines 1-10: Small and cursive hand, with lines slightly uneven; Line 11-end: Thin, irregular and rough cursive hand of medium size, with lines inclining upwards.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein) (?), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein) (?), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1215
- 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. 444.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 122-123, no. 1215.
A. C. Johnson, An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome. Vol. II. Roman Egypt to the Reign of Diocletian (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1936), pp. 448-449, no. 279.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 187.
R. Duttenhöfer, R. Scholl, Griechische Urkunden der Papyrussammlung zu Leipzig (P.Lips. II) (München: K. G. Saur 2002), p. 119.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)