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Papyrus 906
- Record Id:
- 040-003693987
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106915305.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469541.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 906
- Title:
- Application for Lease of Goldsmith’s Industry (P.Lond. III 906, Chrest.Wilck. 318, TM 11808)
- Scope & Content:
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Offer from Gaius Longinus Priscus, dismissed from the army, and others to farm the goldsmith’s activity in Euhemeria for a period of four years at an annual rent of 264 silver drachmas.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003693987 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 906 : Application for Lease of Goldsmith’s Industry (P.Lond. III 906, Chrest.Wilck. 318, TM 11808) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1843]/040-003693987
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom and imperfect on the left; with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 16 lines; vertical folds are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469541.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0128
- End Date:
- 0128
- Date Range:
- 128 (?)
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 76 x 93 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 130 x 140 mm.
Script: Rapid cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Euhemeria, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Euhemeria, meris of Themistos, 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:
- Chrest.Wilck. 318
P.Lond. III 906 - 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. 107-108, no. 906.
U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. I.II (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 375-376, no. 318.
A. C. Johnson, An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome. Vol. II. Roman Egypt to the Reign of Diocletian (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1936), p. 385, no. 236.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)