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Papyrus 1945
- Record Id:
- 040-003677814
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104516147.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466853.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1945
- Title:
- Donation (SB X 10572, TM 14330)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary gift in contemplation of death (donatio mortis causa) from Apollonius, of the village of Kerkesoucha in the Arsinoite nome, to his three children. The property includes a house and court with adjoining yard, the entrance and exit through the yard, utensils, bequeathed in various shares.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003677814 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1945 : Donation (SB X 10572, TM 14330) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1713]/040-003677814
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, incomplete at the bottom and damaged by insect-holes throughout; with minor abrasion in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears portions of 27 lines, with traces of 9 additional lines at the bottom. Upper and left margins survive; no margin was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466853.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0126
- End Date:
- 0126
- Date Range:
- 18 August 126
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 181 x 222 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 235 x 280 mm.
Script: Small, rapid cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Tebtynis, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Tebtynis, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1873-2016 from Ali Abd el Hari on 15 May 1911.
- Former External References:
- SB X 10572
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915 I (London: British Museum 1969), p. 475.
R. A. Coles, ‘More Papyri from the British Museum’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 53 (1967), pp. 121-130 (pp. 126-127, with pl.).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten X (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1971), no. 10572.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, K. A. Worp, Fünfunddreissig Wiener Papyri (P. Vindob. Tandem) (Zutphen: Terra 1976), pp. 204, 206.
A. Jördens, K.-T. Zauzich, Griechische papyri aus Soknopaiu Nesos (P. Louvre I) (Bonn: R. Habelt 1998), p. 55.
R. Alston, The City in Roman and Byzantine Egypt (London-New York: Routledge 2002), p. 69.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)