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Papyrus 1976
- Record Id:
- 040-003725043
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100112111293.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470660.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1976
- Title:
- Sale of a House and Annexed Documents (SB XXII 15472, TM 43198)
- Scope & Content:
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'Pasted roll' (tomos synkollesimos), gathering three documents pertaining to the sale of a house and appurtenances located in Soknopaiou Nesos, bought at the price of 600 silver drachmas. The seller is Taharpagathes, daughter of Tesenouphis, priestess of Soknopaiou Nesos, acting with her son as a guardian, and the buyer Herieus, son of Herieus, still a minor, her grandson, represented by his guardian Gaion. On the back there are traces of red ink, perhaps remnants of the official stamp.
Column 1: Contract for the sale of the house, executed in Ptolemais Euergetis; with subscriptions of the parties at the end;
Column 2: Declaration submitted by Herieus to register the property he has purchased on that day.
Column 3: Receipt of the bank of Sabinus, acknowledging the payment for the house.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003725043 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1976 : Sale of a House and Annexed Documents (SB XXII 15472, TM 43198) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2062]/040-003725043
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- ‘Pasted roll’ (tomos synkollesimos), made of three papyrus sheets pasted together, with detached scrap on the left; the writing runs on one side. On the front, there are 3 columns of varying length written along the fibres; the first lacks the left-hand side, the others are complete. Two sheet-joins run vertically, and folding lines are still visible. The back bears no writing, but there are traces of red ink. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470660.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0134
- End Date:
- 0134
- Date Range:
- 20 November 134
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 214 x 350 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 270 x 400 mm.
Script: Five cursive hands.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt.
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1873-2016 from Ali Abd el Hari on 15 May 1911.
- Former External References:
- SB XXII 15472
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915 I (London: British Museum 1969), p. 475.
Pieter J. Sijpesteijn, Klaas A. Worp, ‘Ein Hausverkauf aus Soknopaiu Nesos’, in Collatio iuris Romani. Études dédiées à Hans Ankum à l'occasion de son 65e anniversaire, ed. by R. Feenstra , A. S. Hartkamp , J. E. Spruit , P.J. Sijpesteijn , and L. C. Winkel (Amsterdam: Gieben, 1995), pp. 512-32, with plate.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XXII (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, 2001), no. 15472.
Katelijn Vandorpe, List of red stamps on papyri (Greco-Roman Egypt) (May 2015), no. 54 (see https://www.trismegistos.org/seals/ov_lists/stampslist_2.pdf).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)