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Papyrus 903
- Record Id:
- 040-003693984
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106911419.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469534.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 903
- Title:
- Application for Registration of Sale of Property (P.Lond. III 903, TM 22705)
- Scope & Content:
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Thatres, daughter of Inaroys, with the assistance of her husband, notifies the keepers of the public archives of the Hermopolite nome about the sale of some land belonging to her, purchased by Hermaeus, son of Achilleus.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003693984 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 903 : Application for Registration of Sale of Property (P.Lond. III 903, TM 22705) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1842]/040-003693984
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, riddled with insect-holes; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 26 lines running along the fibres; margins are extant, the lower being ample; no margin was left to the right. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at c. 35 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469534.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0106
- End Date:
- 0106
- Date Range:
- 14 August 106
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 315 x 200 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 264 x 145 mm.
Script: Proficient cursive hand, thin and with a slant to the right.
- 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 903
- 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. 116-117, no. 903, with pl. 29.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), pp. 279-280.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 83.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Thatres, 1st half of 2nd century
- Places:
- Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt.