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Papyrus 1213
- Record Id:
- 040-003677684
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104380719.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464568.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1213
- Title:
- Orders to Pay (P.Lond. III 1213(a-b), TM 22837-22838)
- 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.
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 1213(a), TM 22837): Order to pay four artabas of wheat on account of four months to Sophus, fellow-slave.
Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. III 1213(b); TM 22838): Order to pay five artabas of wheat for five months of the previous year, and four artabas of wheat for four months of the current year, for a total of nine artabas.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003677684 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1213 : Orders to Pay (P.Lond. III 1213(a-b), TM 22837-22838) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1703]/040-003677684
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus sheets, regularly cut, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Damaged by insect holes in the lower half, and slightly abraded in few places; 11 lines; margins survive, with the lower being mutilated; the left bears traces of ink. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at c. 30 mm from the left edge.
Lower papyrus (B): Lacking the lower right-hand corner and with few insect holes in places; 12 lines, complete; margins are extant. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at c. 25 mm from the left edge.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464568.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0065
- End Date:
- 0065
- Date Range:
- 16 December 65
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 109 x 132 mm; B: 100 x 133 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 270 x 185 mm.
Script: Small, rapid cursive hand for the bodies of the documents; different hand for the subscription of Gaius Iulius Salvus at the end of each document, thinner and larger.
- 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 1213(a)
P.Lond. III 1213(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), pp. 121-122, no. 1213(a-b), with pl. xxvi.
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)