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Papyrus 880
- Record Id:
- 040-003689993
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106513510.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469454.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 880
- Title:
- Division of Property (P.Lond. III 880, TM 85)
- Scope & Content:
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Deed drawn up in the office of the notary Heliodorus whereby Totoes, son of Pelaeus, divides the lands belonging to him and located in the plain of Pathyris between his children.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003689993 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 880 : Division of Property (P.Lond. III 880, TM 85) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1832]/040-003689993
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Medium-brown papyrus roll with darker patches, damaged especially at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are two columns of 15 and 16 lines respectively. The upper margin is extant, the other margins partly survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469454.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0113
- End Date:
- -0113
- Date Range:
- 15 March 113 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 153 x 406 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 205 x 460 mm.
Script: Neat, thin and regular upright cursive hand of small size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Pathyris (Gebelein), Pathyrite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Pathyris (Gebelein), Pathyrite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 879-883 through the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities of the British Museum in April 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 880
- 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. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 8-10, no. 880.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), pp. 272-273.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 82.
W. Clarysse, G. van Derveken, The Eponymous Priests of Ptolemaic Egypt: Chronological Lists of the Priests of Alexandria and Ptolemais with a Study of the Demotic Transcriptions of their Names (Pap.Lugd.Bat. 24) (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1983), p. 34.
K. Vandorpe, S. Waebens, Reconstructing Pathyris’ Archives. A Multicultural Community in Hellenistic Egypt (Collectanea Hellenistica 3) (Brussels: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van Belgie & l'Union Academique Internationale 2009), pp. 163-189, §47.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Heliodorus, notary in Pathyris, 2nd century BC
Peteharsemtheus, son of Panebchounis, from Pathyris, 174-88 BCE
Totoes, 183-113 BC - Places:
- Pathyris, Egypt
- Related Material:
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The papyrus belongs to the ‘Archive of Peteharsemtheus son of Panebchounis’ (TM Arch ID 183). Another version of the will is preserved in P.Stras. Gr. II 85.