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Papyrus 1757

Record Id:

040-003678653

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002104451

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100105466513.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147466151.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Papyrus 1757

Title:

Scope & Content:

Recto (P.Lond. V 1653, TM 33185): Register of payments, perhaps for rent of an estate or estates, paid in money and occasionally in corn.

Verso (P.Lond. V 1654, TM 33186): Fragmentary account recording expenses, perhaps related to the same estate(s) as the register on the other side; the expenditures include salaries.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002104451
040-003678653

Is part of:

Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri

Papyrus 1757 : Register of Payments (P.Lond. V 1653, TM 33185) and Account of Expenses (P.Lond. V 1654, TM 33186)

Hierarchy:

032-002104451[1771]/040-003678653

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Papyrus fragment with three detached scraps at the top, darker in places; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are portions of two columns written along the fibres; the first is broken off at the top and fragmentary in the preserved portion; the second lack top and foot, and lines lack the ends; the detached fragments preserve a few letters of a few lines. On the back, there are portions of 17 lines running across the fibres and additional lines, and traces of a preceding column; the detached fragments bear remains of a few lines. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

0300

End Date:

0599

Date Range:

4th century-6th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Papyrus.

Dimensions: Largest fragment: 300 x 302 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 350 x 345 mm.

Script: Recto: Upright, neat cursive hand, rather flourished. Verso: Similar hand, but less regular and larger.

Custodial History:

Origin: Panopolite nome, Egypt.

Provenance: Panopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1758-1786 from Ali Abd-el-Haj on 12 October 1907.

Former External References:

P.Lond. V 1653
P.Lond. V 1654

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 312.

Recto

Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 12-14, no. 1653.

W. Clarysse, ‘Kosmas and Damianus in Egyptian onomastics’, in J.-L. Fournet, A. Papaconstantinou (eds.), Mélanges Jean Gascou: textes et études papyrologiques (P.Gascou). Travaux et Mémoires 20 (Paris: Centre d'histoire et civilisation de Byzance, Collège de France 2016), pp. 559-564 (p. 561).

Verso

Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), p. 15, no. 1654.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 107.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Places:

Panopolite nome, Egypt