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Papyrus 1173
- Record Id:
- 040-003780623
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100115369003.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469813.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1173
- Title:
- Business Letter (P.Lond. III 1173, P.Sarap. 103, TM 17128)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter of Hephaestas to Anubion, brother of Sarapion, reporting on various business matters, such as work performed on some dry vineland and salaries paid to various workers; the address in on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003780623 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1173 : Business Letter (P.Lond. III 1173, P.Sarap. 103, TM 17128) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2192]/040-003780623
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete but damaged by insect holes, with writing on both sides. On the front, there are 20 lines written along the fibres in the upper half of the sheet; margins are extant, the lower being ample; on the back, there are traces of one line running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469813.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0125
- End Date:
- 0125
- Date Range:
- 9 December 125
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 246 x 97 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 300 x 150 mm.
Script: Small upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1173
P.Sarap. 103 - 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. 443.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 207-08, no. 1173.
Jacques Schwartz, Les archives de Sarapion et de ses fils. Une exploitation agricole aux environs d'Hermoupolis Magna(de 90 à 133 P.C.) (Le Caire: Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1961), no. 109.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1969), p. 122.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)