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Papyrus 896
- Record Id:
- 040-003693942
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106820936.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469510.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 896
- Title:
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Fragment of a Receipt (SB XVI 13047, P.Lond. III 896 descr., TM 16358)
- Scope & Content:
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Beginning of an acknowledgment by Orseus, son of Orseus, and his wife Heraclous, for the receipt of a sum of money from Satabous, son of Herieus; additional details are lost.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003693942 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 896 : Fragment of a Receipt (SB XVI 13047, P.Lond. III 896 descr., TM 16358) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1839]/040-003693942
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, medium-brown, broken off at the bottom and left; with some surface damage and few holes along the right edge; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, the ends of 16 lines running along the fibres are preserved; the last line preserved is very fragmentary. Upper and right margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469510.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0069
- End Date:
- 0079
- Date Range:
- 69-79
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 121 x 78 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 175 x 130 mm.
Script: Thin, rapid but regular cursive hand; lines incline upwards.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 885-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 896 descr.
SB XVI 13047 - 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), p. xliii, no. 896 descr.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘More Remarks on Some Imperial Titles in the Papyri. II’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 54 (1984), pp. 65-82 (p. 80, no. 2).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XVI (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1985), no. 13047.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)