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Papyrus 2345
- Record Id:
- 040-003696208
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108246443.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467720.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2345
- Title:
- Receipt for Wages (P.Lond. VII 1959, TM 1522)
- Scope & Content:
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Receipt in duplicate form for the payment of five drachmas to Hermippus for the planting of castor-oil plants. With original seal (TM Seal 910).
Lines 1-3: Inner text, originally sealed.
Line 4-end: Outer text.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003696208 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2345 : Receipt for Wages (P.Lond. VII 1959, TM 1522) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1878]/040-003696208
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, light-medium brown, complete; bearing writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front there are 7 lines, complete. Margins are extant, the upper, left and right being minimal. The original clay seal is still preserved. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467720.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0256
- End Date:
- -0256
- Date Range:
- 14 March 256 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus; Clay.
Dimensions: 132 x 81 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 135 mm.
Script: Crude uncial hand.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Arsinoite nome?, Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2305-2434 from Dr A. N. Kondilios in July 1921.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 1959
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum, 1950), p. 364.
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum ,1974), p. 49, no. 1959.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)