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Papyrus 841
- Record Id:
- 040-003689088
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106215664.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469370.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 841
- Title:
- Certificates for Five-Day Work (P.Lond. III 841(a-b), TM 11793-11794)
- Scope & Content:
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Two certificates for the requisite five-day work (penthemeros) on the dykes in Soknopaiou Nesos.
Left papyrus (P.Lond. III 841(a), TM 11793): Certificate issued to Stotoetis, son of Stotoetis, for the five-day work he performed on the dykes at the canal Epagathiane; with subscription at the end. Dated to May-June 139.
Right papyrus (P.Lond. III 841(b), TM 11794): Certificate issued to Stotoetis, son of Stotoetis, for the five-day work he performed on the dykes at the canal Epagathiane; with signature of Dioscorus. Dated to October-November 160.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003689088 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 841 : Certificates for Five-Day Work (P.Lond. III 841(a-b), TM 11793-11794) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1813]/040-003689088
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus sheets, bearing writing on one side, with the back blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Left papyrus (A): Pale-brown, broken off to the right, with surface damage along the vertical folds; 8 lines written along the fibres and lacking the ends; with left, upper and lower margins extant.
Right papyrus (B): Pale brown, broken off to the right; 7 lines running along the fibres and lacking the ends; with left, upper and lower margins extant.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0139
- End Date:
- 0160
- Date Range:
- 139-160
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 72 x 59 mm; B: 78 x 55 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 130 x 190 mm.
Script: A: Three rapid and untidy cursive hand. B: Thin and neat hand, with no ligatures and small serifs at the end of uprights; thin and slightly sloping in lines 5-7; thicker cursive hand for the subscription at the end.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 835-878 by the executors of William Joseph Myers, F. S. A., (b. 1858, d. 1899) through R. Taylor in 1900.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 841(a)
P.Lond. III 841(b) - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 440.
A
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 59, no. 841(a).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 276.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 83.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1969), p. 53.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, Penthemeros-Certificates in Graeco-Roman Egpyt (Lugdunum Batavorum: E. J. Brill 1964), p. 25.
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 60, no. 841(b).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 282.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, Penthemeros-Certificates in Graeco-Roman Egpyt (Lugdunum Batavorum: E. J. Brill 1964), p. 25.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)