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Papyrus 2420
- Record Id:
- 040-003711336
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109389302.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467826.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2420
- Title:
- Receipt for Transport-Fees (SB XII 10889, TM 14348)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt addressed to the heads of the granary (sitologoi) of Philadelphia from Harpalus, son of Harpalus, donkey-driver, who acknowledges payment of grain as transport charges for the state wheat he transported to the harbour of Kerke. With subscription of Harpalus at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003711336 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2420 : Receipt for Transport-Fees (SB XII 10889, TM 14348) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1950]/040-003711336
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, displaying a few small holes; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 20 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant, the right being minimal. Folding lines are still visible. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom along the right-hand edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467826.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0135
- End Date:
- 0135
- Date Range:
- 5 October 135
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 215 x 100 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 270 x 155 mm.
Script: Rapid cursive hand; different cursive hand for the subscription in the last two lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, 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:
- SB X 10889
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum, 1950), p. 364.
Revel A. Coles, ‘Further Papyri from the British Museum’, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 56 (1970), 183-186 (183-185, no. 1).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XII (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1976-1977), no. 10889.
Thomas Kruse, Der Königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung (München- Leipzig: K.G. Saur, 2002), p. 357.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1998), p. 207.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)