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Papyrus 909(A-B)
- Record Id:
- 040-003780449
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100114838283.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472165.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 909(A-B)
- Title:
- Sale of a Camel (P.Lond. III 909(a), TM 11810), and Poll-Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 909(b), TM 11811)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 909(a), TM 11810): Sale of a red male camel, still a foal, for 600 drachmas. The seller is Anchorimphis, of the village of Dionysias, and the buyer Ptolemaeus, from the metropolis (Arsinoe). Dated 1 July 136.
Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. III 909(b), TM 11811): Receipt for payment on account of the poll tax of the Arsinoite privileged rate amounting to 20 drachmas and 10 obols as surcharges, issued to Areius, son of Onnophris, by a tax collector of a quarter of Arsinoe. Dated 143-144.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003780449 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 909(A-B) : Sale of a Camel (P.Lond. III 909(a), TM 11810), and Poll-Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 909(b), TM 11811) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2173]/040-003780449
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Light-to-medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank; on the front, there are 12 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant.
Lower papyrus (B): Light-to-medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank; on the front, there are 8 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147472165.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0136
- End Date:
- 0144
- Date Range:
- 136-144
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 124 x 126 mm; B: 102 x 76 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 180 mm.
Script: A: Rather irregular, straggling hand, ligatured in places; B: Small, rapid cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt.
Provenance: 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 909(a)
P.Lond. III 909(b) - 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.
A
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 170-71, no. 909(a).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter, 1922), p. 286.
Antonio Ricciardetto, ‘Le marquage et les soins vétérinaires appliqués aux camélidés d’après la documentation papyrologique grecque d’Égypte’, in La trousse du vétérinaire dans l'Antiquité et au Moyen Âge. Actes du IVe colloque international de médecine vétérinaire antique et médiévale Lyon, 10-12 juin 2014, Pallas 101 (2016), pp. 33-51.
B
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 32, no. 909(b).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter, 1922), p. 274.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)