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Papyrus 1736
- Record Id:
- 040-003678495
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105329765.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466115.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1736
- Title:
- Contract of Apprenticeship (P.Lond. V 1706, TM 36927)
- Scope & Content:
- A master acknowledges receipt of a money payment from a man for the training of his son Petrus; with endorsement on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003678495 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1736 : Contract of Apprenticeship (P.Lond. V 1706, TM 36927) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1767]/040-003678495
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Dark-brown papyrus sheet, lacking the left-hand half, with surface damage along the horizontal folds; written on both sides. On the front, there are 10 lines running across the fibres and lacking the beginnings; upper, right and lower margins survive. The ink has turned silver. The back bears one line written along the fibres in the upper half of the sheet, upside down in relation to the text on the front, and another line at the bottom. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466115.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0567
- End Date:
- 0567
- Date Range:
- 17 March 567
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 213 x 169 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 270 x 225 mm.
Script: Upright cursive hand, slightly uneven; the ink has turned into a silver colour. Verso: different upright cursive hand and sloping hand of Dioscorus at the bottom.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Aphrodito, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1865, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1706
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 110-111, no. 1706.
J.-L. Fournet, Les archives de Dioscore d'Aphrodité cent ans après leur découverte: histoire et culture dans l'Egypte byzantine: actes du Colloque de Strasbourg, 8-10 décembre 2005 (Paris: De Boccard 2008), p. 331.
J.-L. Fournet, ‘Dioscore et l’école’, in G. Agosti, D. Bianconi (eds.), Pratiche didattiche tra centro e periferia. Atti del Convegno internazionale di studio Roma, 13-15 maggio 2015 (Spoleto: Fondazione Centro italiano di studi sull’alto medioevo 2019), pp. 193-216 (p. 195).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)