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Papyrus 929
- Record Id:
- 040-003725116
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100112290341.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472169.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 929
- Title:
-
Register of Imports and Exports (P.Lond. III 929, TM 11819)
- Scope & Content:
- Portion of a register recording imports and exports through the gates at Soknopaiou Nesos between the months Phamenoth and Pachon. The entries, arranged by date, include the person passing the gate, whether it is import or export, the goods carried (mostly oil, wine, grain) and the number of animals employed (donkeys and camels). Dated 180-181, or 212-213. On the back, there are portions of two columns, the first headed ‘account of the merismos of grain’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003725116 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 929 : Register of Imports and Exports (P.Lond. III 929, TM 11819) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2075]/040-003725116
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a medium-brown roll, with some surface damage, broken off at the right and left; with writing on both sides. On the front, there are three columns written along the fibres. Upper and lower margins are extant. On the back, there are portions of two short columns, the second being under the first, written across the fibres, the other way up in relation to the front. With ample blank space on the left; upper and lower margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147472169.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0180
- End Date:
- 0213
- Date Range:
- 180-213
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 210 x 243 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 265 x 295 mm.
Script: Rough cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 885-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 929
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum, 1907), p. 441.
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum, 1907), pp. 40-3, no. 929.
N. Y. Clauson, ‘A Customs House Registry from Roman Egypt (P. Wisconsin 16)’, Aegyptus 9 (1928), 240-80 (passim).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1976), p. 62.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1986), p. 87.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995), pp. 132-3.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2009), p. 102.
Colin E. P. Adams, Land transport in Roman Egypt: a study of economics and administration in a Roman province (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2010), p. 248.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)