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Papyrus 2976
- Record Id:
- 040-003780466
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100114846259.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471391.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2976
- Title:
- Account (P.Hib. II 211, TM 5189) and Undertaking of an Employee (P.Hib. II 204, TM 5188)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Hib. II 211, TM 5189): Stable account recording corn rations issued to various individuals and other expenses. Dated between 246 and 221 BC or 221 and 205 BC.
Verso (P.Hib. II 204, TM 5188): Portion of an undertaking on oath to perform services, with the guarantee that articles will not serve the personal use of the declarant, and that the declarant will not contract for jobs or take bribes or damage the employer.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003780466 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2976 : Account (P.Hib. II 211, TM 5189) and Undertaking of an Employee (P.Hib. II 204, TM 5188) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2175]/040-003780466
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus fragment with detached scrap, reused as mummy cartonnage, bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are portions of 2 columns written along the fibres; the upper margin survives. On the back, there are parts of 14 lines written across the fibres, lacking the beginnings. The papyrus is partly mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with an opening for the text on the back.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471391.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0246
- End Date:
- -0205
- Date Range:
- 246-205 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 180 x 240 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 230 x 305 mm.
Script: Recto: Large and well-formed hand. Verso: Small, rounded cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El-Hibah), Egypt. From mummy cartonnage (Mummy A). Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 2943-3035 by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Society on 9 April 1960.
- Former External References:
- P.Hib. II 204
P.Hib. II 211 - Publications:
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Recto
Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 127-28, no. 211.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1998), p. 87.
Verso
Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 116-18, no. 204.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1964), p. 40.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1998), p. 87.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)