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Papyrus 1808(A-F)
- Record Id:
- 040-003689030
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106112235.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466425.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1808(A-F)
- Title:
- Fragments of a Contract (P.Lond. V 1850, TM 36965)
- Scope & Content:
- Six miscellaneous fragments of contracts. Fragments 3-5 in the centre of the frame belong to the same text; fragments 1-2 and 6 contain subscriptions of witnesses from the bottom of papyrus sheets, and probably come from different papyri.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003689030 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1808(A-F) : Fragments of a Contract (P.Lond. V 1850, TM 36965) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1808]/040-003689030
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 6 non-contiguous papyrus fragments of various sizes, incomplete; Fragment 1 is written across the fibres, lower margin survives; fragment 2 is written along the fibres, lower margin preserved; fragments 3-5 are written by the same hand along the fibres, with no margin visible; fragment 6 is written across the fibres, lower margin survives; the verso is blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466425.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 56 x 125 mm; B: 65 x 85 mm; C: 125 x 30 mm; D: 127 x 68 mm; E: 126 x 36 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 320 x 265 mm.
Script: documentary script, Byzantine cursive; scribe: Marcus, son of Apa Dios.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Assuan, 1st nome of Upper Egypt, Egypt.
Provenance: Assuan/Syene, 1st nome of Upper Egypt, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1787-1820 from Robert de Rustafjaell in February 1907.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1805
- 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. 313.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), p. 270, no. 1850.
Metadata provided by the ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)