Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Papyrus 867
- Record Id:
- 040-003688546
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105886837.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469422.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 867
- Title:
- Contract (SB XVI 12864, P.Lond. III 867 descr., TM 16309)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary contract between a woman whose name is lost and Flavius Daniel, a soldier from the unit of the Mauri. The nature of the contract remains unclear owing to mutilation, but the sale of a plot of land is concerned. With subscriptions at the end, including those of two witnesses and of the notary Phoebammon.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003688546 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 867 : Contract (SB XVI 12864, P.Lond. III 867 descr., TM 16309) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1796]/040-003688546
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Two non-contiguous fragments from the right-hand portion of a papyrus sheet, bearing writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The upper fragment preserves the ends of 7 lines, and the lower of 14 lines. Upper, right and lower margins survive. Vertical folds are still visible. A sheet-join runs vertically along the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469422.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0506
- End Date:
- 0506
- Date Range:
- 20 March 506
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Upper fragment: 107 x 130 mm; lower fragment: 195 x 135 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 380 x 185 mm.
Script: Neat, regular cursive hand, somewhat compressed; four or five cursive hands for the subscriptions from line 16 to the end.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 835-872 by the executors of Major William Joseph Myers, F.S.A. (b. 1858, d. 1899), through R. Taylor.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 867 descr.
SB XVI 12864 - Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 440.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xli, no. 867 descr, pl. 81.
K. A. Worp, ‘Some Late Byzantine Papyri from Hermopolis’, Chronique d'Égypte 59 (1984), pp. 136-144 (pp. 136-138, no. 1).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XVI (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1988), no. 12864.
J. A. Sheridan, ‘Women without Guardians: An Updated List’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 33 (1996) 117–131 (p. 124).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)