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Papyrus 2719
- Record Id:
- 040-003711563
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109685768.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468293.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2719
- Title:
- Loan of Wheat (P.Col. VII 178(a), TM 10532)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary loan of two artabas of wheat, including interest at one-third, borrowed by Aurelius Antiourios, son of Pollas. The name of the lender is damaged. With subscription of Antiourios in the same hand as the body of the document, written by Aurelios Melas, son of Sotas.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003711563 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2719 : Loan of Wheat (P.Col. VII 178(a), TM 10532) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1957]/040-003711563
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, lacking most of the top and damaged along the right-hand edge; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 25 lines written along the fibres, some of which are badly mutilated. Parts of all margins survive. A sheet-join runs vertically at c. 25-35 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_100147468293.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0336
- End Date:
- 0336
- Date Range:
- 5 December 336
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 225 x 100 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 165 mm.
Script: Proficient cursive hand, somewhat untidy.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome Egypt.
Provenance: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2652-2721 from Dr. A. N. Kondilios in July 1925. Part of a joint purchase with Michigan and Columbia University.
- Former External References:
- P.Col. VII 178(a)
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 370.
Roger S. Bagnall, Naphtali Lewis, Columbia Papyri VII. Fourth century documents from Karanis (Missoula, Montana: Scholars Press, 1979), pp. 192-193, no. 178a.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)