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Papyrus 25
- Record Id:
- 040-003725651
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100112424292.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470977.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 25
- Title:
- Account (P.Lond. I 25, UPZ I 87, TM 3478)
- Scope & Content:
- Accounts recording three money payments made on 4 Mecheir (4 March) of year 21, in the reign of Ptolemy VI Philometor and Cleopatra II, on the front, and money payments made in year 20 and year 21 on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003725651 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 25 : Account (P.Lond. I 25, UPZ I 87, TM 3478) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2080]/040-003725651
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved, with writing on both sides. On the front, there are four lines written along the fibres; margins are extant, and there is ample blank space at the bottom. On the back, there are six lines written across the fibres, with ample margin at the bottom. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470977.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0160
- End Date:
- -0160
- Date Range:
- 4 and 18 March 160 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 93 x 60 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 110 x 90 mm.
Script: Thick and slow hand, with upright and detached letterforms.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Memphis, Serapeum at Saqqara, Egypt.
Provenance: Memphis, Serapeum at Saqqara, Egypt. Purchased with Papyri 17-36 at Salt's sale at Sotheby's in June 1835 (lot 1108.1).
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. I 25
UPZ I 87 - Publications:
-
Josiah Forshall, Description of the Greek Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1839), p. 52, no. XXI.
Frederic G. Kenyon, Greek Papyri in the British Museum I (London: British Museum, 1893), pp. 162-3, no. 25, with facsimile 106.
U. Wilcken, Urkunden der Ptolemäerzeit (Ältere Funde) I. Band: Papyri aus Unterägypten (Berlin· W. de Gruyter, 1927), no. 87.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)