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Papyrus 870
- Record Id:
- 040-003689928
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106468838.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469431.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 870
- Title:
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Loan of Money (P.Lond. III 870 ro., TM 33772), and Account (P.Lond. III 870 vo. descr., TM 33773)
- Scope & Content:
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A man from Panopolis, whose name is damaged, acknowledges receipt of a loan of a sum of money on the security of part of a half share of a house, whose boundaries are described. On the back there are remains of an account for the month of Payni (unpublished).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003689928 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 870 : Loan of Money (P.Lond. III 870 ro., TM 33772), and Account (P.Lond. III 870 vo. descr., TM 33773) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1827]/040-003689928
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the right, imperfect at the top and bottom, and with some surface damage; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 18 lines lacking the ends; the left margin is extant and measures 20-35 mm, and portions of the upper and lower margins survive. On the back, there are portions of various lines written across the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front; there are reddish marks throughout. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469431.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 208 x 181 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 255 x 230 mm.
Script: Sloping cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Panopolis (Akhmim), Panopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Panopolis (Akhmim), Panopolite 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 870 ro.
P.Lond. III 870 vo. descr. - 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. 235, no. 870 ro.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 292.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 87.
Verso
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xli, no. 870 vo. descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)