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Papyrus 875
- Record Id:
- 040-003842821
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100120016854.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472133.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 875
- Title:
- Receipt for Barley (SB XXII 15491, TM 35716) and Letter (P.Lond. III 875b descr., TM 38235)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper papyrus (A) (SB XXII 15491, TM 35716): Fifth-century receipt for one hundred and fifty artabas of barley to feed pigs, received by two persons from the landowner through an agent. The text has been cancelled.
Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. III 875b descr., TM 38235): Fragment of a letter, with the address on the back. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003842821 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 875 : Receipt for Barley (SB XXII 15491, TM 35716) and Letter (P.Lond. III 875b descr., TM 38235) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2300]/040-003842821
- 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, housed in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Papyrus slip, complete but riddled with insect holes; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears 4 lines, crossed out. The back is blank.
Lower papyrus (B): Papyrus sheet lacking the upper left corner and riddled with holes; written on both sides. The front bears 8 lines running across the fibres, most of which lack the beginnings. Margins are minimal. The back contains the beginnings of 2 lines running along the fibres.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147472133.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0400
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 5th century-6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 61 x 310 mm; B: 126 x 295 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 255 x 355 mm.
Script: A: Upright cursive hand; B: Large, sloping cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Oxyrhynchite nome (?), Egypt. B: Egypt.
Provenance: A: Oxyrhynchite nome (?), Egypt. B: Egypt. The two papyri 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 875a descr.
P.Lond. III 875b descr.
SB XXII 15491 - 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. xlii, no. 875a descr.
Pieter J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Some Byzantine Papyri from the British Library’, The Journal of Juristic Papyrology, 23 (1993), 137-43 (pp. 141-42, no. 4).
Gagos, ‘"P. Lond." III 875a: A Puzzling Beginning’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 105 (1995), 256.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten, XXII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2001), no. 15491.
B
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xlii, no. 875b descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)