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Papyrus 848
- Record Id:
- 040-003689694
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106279285.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469396.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 848
- Title:
- Portion of a Document (P.Lond. III 848 ro. descr., TM 29242), and Order to Deliver Fleeces (P.Lond. III 848 vo., TM 22693)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Lond. III 848 ro. descr., TM 29242): Portion of a document (perhaps a return) including several names, with mention of the record-office (mnemoneion) and of year 19, month Hadrianos (= Choiak). Unpublished.
Verso (P.Lond. III 848 vo., TM 22693): Order from Ischyrion to Kouis (Akouis) to deliver fleeces to the wife of Agathinus. Dated 13 March 213.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003689694 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 848 : Portion of a Document (P.Lond. III 848 ro. descr., TM 29242), and Order to Deliver Fleeces (P.Lond. III 848 vo., TM 22693) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1820]/040-003689694
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Portion of a medium-brown papyrus, with insect holes in places, especially along the horizontal fold; written on both sides. The front bears portions of 12 lines running along the fibres, lacking beginnings and ends; traces of another line are visible at the top. The papyrus was later cut to host the text on the back, which consists of one column of 6 lines written across the fibres in the upper part of the sheet. Margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469396.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0213
- Date Range:
- 2nd century-early 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 172 x 84 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 225 x 140 mm.
Script: Recto: Neat and regular upright hand, ligatured in places. Verso: Large, thin cursive hand with a slant to the right; smaller and more rapid in the last two lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: 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 848 ro. descr.
P.Lond. III 848 vo. - 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.
Recto
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xl, no. 848 ro. descr.
Verso
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 209, no. 848 vo.
F. Reiter, ‘P.Alex. inv. 565: Eine Schafpachtquittung’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 50 (2004), p. 45-48 (p. 45).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)