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Papyrus 883
- Record Id:
- 040-003690008
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106523625.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469468.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 883
- Title:
- Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 883, TM 88)
- Scope & Content:
- Deed drawn up in the office of the notary Hermias in Pathyris, recording the sale of a plot of land. The seller is Peteharsemtheus, son of Almaphis, and the buyer Peteharsemtheus, son of Panebchounis; with summary of the deed (scriptura interior) in column 1.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003690008 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 883 : Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 883, TM 88) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1835]/040-003690008
- 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, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 2 columns of 16 and 12 lines respectively. Margins are extant; two sheet-joins are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469468.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0088
- End Date:
- -0088
- Date Range:
- 2 January 88 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 180 x 525 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 235 x 580 mm.
Script: Column 1: Rapid, untidy small cursive hand; column 2: neat upright cursive hand in very black ink, with some elongated verticals and left-pointing hooks at the end of some uprights; lines uneven.
- 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 879-882 through the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities of the British Museum in April 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 883
- 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. 21-22, no. 883, with pl. 12.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 273.
R. Seider, Paläographie der griechischen Papyri I (Stuttgart: A. Hiersemann 1969), p. 57, no. 19, pl. 13.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), pp. 100-101.
K. Vandorpe, S. Waebens, Reconstructing Pathyris’ Archives. A Multicultural Community in Hellenistic Egypt (CollectaneaHellenistica 3) (Brussels: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van Belgie & l'Union Academique Internationale 2009), pp. 163-189, §47.
M. Vierros, Bilingual notaries in Hellenistic Egypt: a study of Greek as a second language (Collectanea Hellenistica 5) (Brussel: Publikatie van het Comité Klassieke Studies, Subcomité Hellenisme, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten 2012), no. 138.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)