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Papyrus 1978
- Record Id:
- 040-003678051
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104791344.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466981.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1978
- Title:
- Bank Receipt (P.Fam.Tebt. 8 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 8, TM 10765)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt from the bank of Pontion, acknowledging the payment of 1700 silver drachmas to the credit of Ptolemaeus, son of Ptolemaeus, made by Didyme, daughter of Lysimachus, acting with her husband Heraclides.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003678051 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1978 : Bank Receipt (P.Fam.Tebt. 8 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 8, TM 10765) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1726]/040-003678051
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, darker in places, broken off at the bottom, lacking the lower left corner and damaged on the left; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 27 lines lacking the beginnings; the upper margin survives; no space was left on the right. Vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466981.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0103
- End Date:
- 0114
- Date Range:
- 103-114
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 235 x 90 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 295 x 140 mm.
Script: Square, upright cursive hand, somewhat uneven and more rapid in places.
- 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:
- P.Fam.Tebt. 8
Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 8 - 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.
B. A. van Groningen, A Family Archive from Tebtunis (Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI) (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1950), pp. 29-30, no. 8.
H. C. Youtie, ‘Brief Notes on Papyrus Texts’, Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 87 (1956), pp. 60-83.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 103.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1964), p. 47.
É. Jakab, ‘Bankurkunden und Buchführung (TPSulp. 60 und die graeco-ägyptischen Papyri)’, in G. Thür; F. J. F. Nieto (eds.), Symposion 1999. Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte (Pazo de Mariñán, La Coruña, 6.-9. September 1999). Comunicaciones sobre historia de derecho griego y helenístico (Pazo de Mariñán, La Coruña, 6-9 septiembre de 1999) (Akten der Gesellschaft für griechische und hellenistische Rechtsgeschichte 14) (Köln: Böhlau 2003), pp. 493-530.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Didyme, 47-125
Philosarapis, son of Lysimachus alias Didymus, 2nd half 2nd century-after 224
Pontion, banker in Tebtynis, 1st half of 2nd century - Places:
- Tebtynis (Umm el-Breigat), Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Related Material:
- The papyrus belongs to the ‘Archive of Philosarapis son of Lysimachus alias Didymus’ (TM Arch ID 192).