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Papyrus 858
- Record Id:
- 040-003796360
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100117868432.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472114.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 858
- Title:
- Fragments of Contracts (P.Lond. III 858(a-b), TM 22696, 25970)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper papyrus (A) (TM 22696): Beginning of an application for a two-year lease of land, dated to 153-154.
Lower papyrus (B) (TM 25970): Fragment of a late first-century contract of sale, with fragmentary reference to the current year (‘4th’ survives); some of the standard clauses remain. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003796360 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 858 : Fragments of Contracts (P.Lond. III 858(a-b), TM 22696, 25970) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2235]/040-003796360
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, mountedon cardboard in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, riddled with insect-holes; broken off at the bottom and left; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears 8 lines from the top of a column, lacking the beginnings. Part of the upper margin survives, the right margin is minimal. The back is blank.
Lower papyrus (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete on the right and broken off on all other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 8 lines, with traces of another line at the top and a scant trace of a further line at the bottom. The right margin is extant. Vertical folds are visible. The back is blank.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147472114.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0075
- End Date:
- 0154
- Date Range:
- 75-154
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 63 x 111 mm; B: 63 x 79 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 205 x 160 mm.
Script: A: Small, neat cursive hand. B: Neat, upright cursive hand of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Hermopolite nome (?), Egypt. B: Egypt.
Provenance: A: Hermopolite nome (?), Egypt. B: Egypt. Both items were presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 835-878 by the executors of William Joseph Myers, F. S. A., (b. 1858, d. 1899) through R. Taylor in 1900.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 858(a)
P.Lond. III 858(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. 440.
A
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. 144, no. 858(a).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, 1913), p. 283.
B
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. xl, no. 858(b) descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)