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Papyrus 1718
- Record Id:
- 040-003725807
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100112861307.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470438.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1718
- Title:
- Acknowledgment of Debt for Rent (P.Lond. V 1772, TM 36942)
- Scope & Content:
- Aurelius Ananias, son of Papnuthius, a farmer from the Hermopolite village of Tertonkano, acknowledges that he owes artabas of wheat, barley and vegetable seed as rent to a woman whose name is damaged; with subscriptions of Ananias (written by Aurelius Theophilus), of the witnesses, and notarial subscription at the end; the endorsement is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003725807 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1718 : Acknowledgment of Debt for Rent (P.Lond. V 1772, TM 36942) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2095]/040-003725807
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, with darker patches, broken off at the top and with surface damage in places; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 37 lines written along the fibres; side and lower margins are extant. On the back, there is one line written along the fibres at the top. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470438.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 258 x 135 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 300 x 180 mm.
Script: Rapid, sloping cursive hand, rather thick; different hands for the subscriptions at the end.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1772
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum, 1917), pp. 231-2, no. 1772.
Johannes M. Diethart, Klaas A. Worp, Notarsunterschriften im byzantinischen Ägypten (Byz. Not.) (Wien: Hollinek 1986), p. 70, no. 16.4.1.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1986), p. 92.
Roger S. Bagnall, Klaas A. Worp, The Chronological Systems of Byzantine Egypt (2nd ed.) (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2004), p. 110, n. 1.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2017), p. 127.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)