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Papyrus 2980
- Record Id:
- 040-003713666
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110109251.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468583.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2980
- Title:
- Marriage Agreement (P.Hib. II 208, TM 5192)
- Scope & Content:
- Conclusion of a six-witness marriage agreement between Chrestos and Ebryzelmis, presumably acting for the bride, Nikarete, with description of the dowry, Chrestos’s acknowledgment of its receipt, and his undertaking of returning it if necessary.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003713666 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2980 : Marriage Agreement (P.Hib. II 208, TM 5192) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1969]/040-003713666
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment from a medium-brown papyrus sheet, darker by patches, reused as mummy cartonnage; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 14 lines written across the fibres, lacking beginnings and ends and abraded in places. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468583.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0265
- End Date:
- -0250
- Date Range:
- 265-250 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 100 x 120 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 120 x 165 mm.
Script: Tiny and quick cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Tholthis (?), Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El-Hiba), Egypt. From mummy cartonnage (Mummy 18). Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 2943-3035 by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Society on 9 April 1960.
- Former External References:
- P.Hib. II 208
- Publications:
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Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 124-125, no. 208.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1986), p. 70.
Anne-Marie Vérilhac, Claude Vial, Le mariage grec du VIe siècle av. J.-C. à l'époque d'Auguste (Athens: Ecole Française d'Athènes 1998), p. 175.
Ilias N, Arnaoutoglou, ‘Marital Disputes in Greco-Roman Egypt’, The Journal of Juristic Papyrology 25 (1995) 11-28 (p. 15).
Uri Yiftach-Firanko, Marriage and Marital Arrangements: A History of the Greek Marriage Document in Egypt: 4th Century BCE – 4th Century CE (München: C. H. Beck, 2003).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)