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Papyrus 941
- Record Id:
- 040-003695532
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100107506427.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469599.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 941
- Title:
- Registration of Sale (P.Lond. III 941, TM 22725)
- Scope & Content:
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Aurelius Theognostus alias Morus writes to the keepers of the public archives of Hermopolis to register the sale of one-third of a house with courtyard and all appurtenances, perhaps bought from his brother Herminus (see Papyrus 1158) and inherited from their paternal uncle. With Theognostus’ and one of the keepers’ subscription at the end. A series of large crosses concludes the document.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003695532 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 941 : Registration of Sale (P.Lond. III 941, TM 22725) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1859]/040-003695532
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, complete but damaged by holes and abrasion on the left-hand side; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank; on the front, there are 17 lines running along the fibres; all margins are extant; the right margin is minimal and the lower is ample. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469599.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0227
- End Date:
- 0227
- Date Range:
- 29 July 227
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 237 x 200 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 295 x 255 mm.
Script: Thin, regular cursive hand, somewhat compressed, for the body of the document. Two hands for the subscriptions from line 13.
- 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 941
- 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. 118-119, no. 941.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 280.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Theognostos Alias Moros and His Family’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 76 (1989), pp. 213-218 (p. 216).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)