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Papyrus 1214
- Record Id:
- 040-003677681
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104379901.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464576.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1214
- Title:
- Orders for Payment in Grain (P.Lond. III 1214(a-b), TM 22839-22840)
- Scope & Content:
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Two orders from Diodotus, from the estate of Norbana Clara, to Metocus, director of the granary (sitologos). With subscriptions of Gaius Iulius Salvus at the end of both orders.
Lines 1-9 (P.Lond. III 1214(a), TM 22839): Order to pay one artaba of wheat for one month to Diodotus and similarly one artaba of wheat to Sophus.
Line 10-end (P.Lond. III 1214(b); TM 22840): Order to pay four artabas of wheat for four months (Pharmouthi, Pachon, Pauni, and Epeiph) of the previous year.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003677681 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1214 : Orders for Payment in Grain (P.Lond. III 1214(a-b), TM 22839-22840) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1702]/040-003677681
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, complete, with insect holes throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 20 complete lines; margins are extant and wide. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464576.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0066
- End Date:
- 0066
- Date Range:
- 5 January 66
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 181 x 133 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 230 x 185 mm.
Script: Two hands: Small, rapid cursive hand for the bodies of the documents, in lines 1-7 and 10-17; different hand for the subscriptions of Gaius Iulius Salvus in lines 7-9 and 18-20.
- 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 1214(a)
P.Lond. III 1214(b) - 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), p. 122, no. 1214(a-b).
Y. Broux, 'Imperial vs. non-imperial ousiai in Julio-Claudian Egypt', Chronique d'Egypte 94 (2019), pp. 149-176 (p. 167 and passim).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)