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Papyrus 881
- Record Id:
- 040-003689997
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106521108.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469459.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 881
- Title:
- Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 881, Chrest.Mitt. 153, TM 86)
- Scope & Content:
- Deed drawn up in the office of the notary Sosus by his agent Hermias recording the sale of one and a quarter arura of land in the plain of Pathyris by Pmois, son of Thotortaeus, to Kobahetesis and her four sons at the price of three bronze talents; with summary of the deed (scriptura interior) in column 1 and tax receipt in Demotic at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003689997 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 881 : Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 881, Chrest.Mitt. 153, TM 86) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1833]/040-003689997
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Light-brown papyrus roll of fine quality, complete and well preserved. On the front, there are 3 columns; the first column has 8 lines written across the fibres, as the first sheet of the roll displays vertical fibres; the second column is wide and has 16 complete lines; the third column has 7 lines in Greek, followed by some blank space and 7 lines in Demotic. Margins are extant; sheet-joins are visible. On the back, there are dark spots and traces of ink. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469459.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Egyptian (Ancient)
Greek, Ancient - Scripts:
- Egyptian demotic
Greek - Start Date:
- -0108
- End Date:
- -0108
- Date Range:
- 10 March 108 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 162 x 504 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 215 x 560 mm.
Script: Somewhat thick, upright cursive hand; lines uneven. Smaller cursive hand in column 1.
- Custodial History:
-
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:
- Chrest.Mitt. 153
P.Lond. III 881
Pap.Lugd.Bat. XIX, p. 22 - 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. 11-12, no. 881, with pl. 6.
W. Spiegelberg, ‘Demotische Kaufpfandverträge (Darlehen auf Hypothek)’, Recueil de travaux égyptiennes et assyriennes 31 (1909), pp. 91-106 (p. 102).
L. Mitteis, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. Zweiter Band. Zweite Hälfte Chrestomathie (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 165-166, no. 153.
E. Boswinkel, P. W. Pestman, Textes grecs, démotiques et bilingues (Pap.Lugd.Bat. XIX) (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1978), p. 220, with pl. iv.
A. Spalinger, ‘The Foreign Policy of Egypt Preceding the Assyrian Conquest’, Chronique d‘Égypte 53 (1978), pp. 22-47 (p. 44).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 87.
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. 36.
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.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 102.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)