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Papyrus 2982
- Record Id:
- 040-003715850
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110168666.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468593.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2982
- Title:
- Loan (?) (P.Hib. II 210, TM 5193)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragment of a document, apparently a loan; the name of the borrower is lost, the lender is Zenodorus, financial official (oikonomos) of the Lower Toparchy of the Oxyrhynchite nome. The top left fragment does not belong to this text.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003715850 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2982 : Loan (?) (P.Hib. II 210, TM 5193) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1971]/040-003715850
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, from mummy cartonnage, with writing on one side. The top left fragment is in poor condition; traces of a few lines, now illegible run across the fibres. The larger fragment preserves portions of 12 lines running across the fibres, overall complete. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468593.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0250
- End Date:
- -0240
- Date Range:
- 250-240 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 80 x 100 mm; top left fragment: 48 x 74 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 120 x 165 mm.
Script: Neat, proficient and rather quick hand, rarely ligatured; some stems are prolonged; uprights tend to end with a hook pointing rightwards.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El-Hiba), Egypt. From mummy cartonnage (Mummy A08). 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 210
- Publications:
-
Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 126-127, no. 210.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1964), p. 40.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Zenodorus, financial official (oikonomos), 3rd century BC
- Places:
- Ankyropolis (El-Hiba, El-Hibeh), 20th Upper Egyptian nome, Egypt
Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt