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Papyrus 3109
- Record Id:
- 040-003724707
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100111638689.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471831.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 3109
- Title:
- Letter and Receipt for Rent (P.Michael. 37, TM 33540)
- Scope & Content:
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Left Papyrus: Letter of Ptolemaeus to Thamounis with instructions, dated Year 2 of Cesar, Epeiph 16 (10 July 28 BC); unpublished.
Right Papyrus (P.Michael. 37, TM 33540): Byzantine receipt for rent on land, the names of the parties being lost.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003724707 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 3109 : Letter and Receipt for Rent (P.Michael. 37, TM 33540) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2051]/040-003724707
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Two papyrus slips that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
Left papyrus: Medium-brown sheet, with some damage along the folds and imperfect at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres; 14 lines, all margins extant.
Right papyrus: Light-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom, complete on the sides; with writing on one side. The front bears 13 lines written along the fibres; side margins are minimal. The back is blank.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471831.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0028
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 28 BC-6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Left papyrus: 222 x 84 mm; Right papyrus: 136 x 69 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 285 x 220 mm.
Script: Left papyrus: Rapid, rather untidy sloping hand, with ligatures; Right papyrus: Neat, upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Acquired with other Michaelides material, including Papyri 3100-3131, in April 1979 and transferred from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books in May 1979. Formerly part of the private collection of Georges Anastase Michaelides (b. 1900, d. 1973), antiquities dealer in Cairo, sold by his heirs after his death, under the inventory number 1319(A-B).
- Former External References:
- P.Michael. 37
- Publications:
- David S. Crawford, Papyri Michaelidae: being a catalogue of the Greek and Latin papyri, tablets and ostraca in the library of Mr. G.A. Michaïlidis of Cairo (Aberdeen: The Aberdeen University Press, for the Egypt Exploration Society 1955), pp. 66-7, no. 37.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)