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Papyrus 871
- Record Id:
- 040-003689931
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106470267.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469437.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 871
- Title:
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Lease of a Dining Room (P.Lond. III 871, TM 41307)
- Scope & Content:
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Menas, son of Zenobius, leases from the count (comes) Flavius Sergius, son of the late Petrus, a dining room in a house in Arsinoe for an undetermined period; the endorsement is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003689931 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 871 : Lease of a Dining Room (P.Lond. III 871, TM 41307) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1828]/040-003689931
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom, lacking the lower right corner, and displaying insect holes in places; with writing on both sides. On the front, there are 23 lines written along the fibres; side margins are minimal. On the back, there is one line written along the fibres in the upper part of the sheet. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469437.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0603
- End Date:
- 0603
- Date Range:
- 20 April 603
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 198 x 80 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 250 x 130 mm.
Script: Recto: Sloping cursive hand. Verso: Large, upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), 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 871
- 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.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 269, no. 871.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 298.
R. W. Daniel, Architectural Orientation in the Papyri (Paderborn: Schöningh 2010), pp. 186-187, no. 8.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)