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Papyrus 1810
- Record Id:
- 040-003689031
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106112367.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466445.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1810
- Title:
- Fragments of Contracts (P.Lond. V 1851 descr., TM 36966-36968)
- Scope & Content:
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12 miscellaneous fragments of contracts. Fragment 1 may belong to Papyrus 1803B (P.Lond. V 1735); fragment 2 is part of a freight contract; fragment 3 preserves part of the endorsement of a contract.
Other fragments not mentioned in publicationsno. 2 on plate: illegibleno. 3 on plate: part of witness subscriptionno. 5 on plate: illegible, name?no. 7 on plate to the left of no. 6: remains of very few letters each lineno. 8 on plate to the right of no. 6: illegible, part of contract?no. 9 on plate below no. 6 on left: part of contract, written by Marcus, son of Apa Dios?no. 10 on plate below no. 6 to the right: illegible, part of contract?no. 11 on plate last row in the middle: part of contract? mentioning "Isak"no. 12 on plate last row at right: part of loan contract?
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003689031 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1810 : Fragments of Contracts (P.Lond. V 1851 descr., TM 36966-36968) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1809]/040-003689031
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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12 non-contiguous papyrus fragments of various sizes, incomplete. Fragment 1 is written across the fibres, and may be the top of Papyrus 1803B (P.Lond. V 1735). Fragment 2 is written across the fibres and preserves no margins. Fragment 3 is written across the fibres, and preserves no margins. Other fragments not mentioned in the publication: no. 2 on plate written across the fibres, 2 lines, left marginno. 3 on plate written across the fibres, 1 line, right marginno. 5 on plate written across the fibres, 2 lines illegibleno. 7 on plate to the left of no. 6 written along the fibres, narrow strip of papyrus, remains of 8 lines, no marginsno. 8 on plate to the right of no. 6 written across the fibres, 1 line, no marginsno. 9 on plate below no. 6 on left written along the fibres, 8 lines, no marginsno. 10 on plate below no. 6 to the right, written across the fibres, 2 lines no marginsno. 11 on plate last row in the middle, written along the fibres, 3 lines, top margin?no. 12 on plate last row at right, written across the fibres, 2 lines no margins. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0550
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of 6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: fragments of varying size; largest: 29 x 135 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 260 x 240 mm.
Script: documentary script, Byzantine cursive.
- 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 1851 descr.
- 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. 1851 descr.
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)