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Papyrus 902
- Record Id:
- 040-003693968
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106888319.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469528.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 902
- Title:
- Fragment of an Oath (SB XX 15159, P.Lond. III 902 descr., TM 23906)
- Scope & Content:
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Conclusion of an oath by a person whose name is lost, who undertakes to supply bread for the visit of the emperor Hadrian to Egypt.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003693968 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 902 : Fragment of an Oath (SB XX 15159, P.Lond. III 902 descr., TM 23906) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1841]/040-003693968
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Long and narrow papyrus sheet, medium-dark brown, broken off at the top and with a few holes in places; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 15 lines running along the fibres; of the first, only few traces remain. The left margin measures 10 mm, the lower 75 mm; no margin was left to the right. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469528.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0129
- End Date:
- 0130
- Date Range:
- 129-130
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 175 x 62 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 225 x 110 mm.
Script: Thin, untidy and rapid cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, (?) Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite 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 902 descr.
SB XX 15159 - 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.xliv, no. 902 descr.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Another Document Concerning Hadrian's Visit to Egypt’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 89 (1991), pp. 89-90, with pl. x.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), pp. 615-616, no. 15159.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)