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Papyrus 1947(A-B)
- Record Id:
- 040-003843004
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100120246560.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470653.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1947(A-B)
- Title:
- Loan of Money (P.Fam.Tebt. 6 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 6, TM 10763) and Official Document
- Scope & Content:
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Left papyrus (A) (Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 6, TM 10763): Copy of a loan of 112 silver drachmas, given from Lysimachus, son of Didymus, to Isidora, daughter of Lysimachus, acting with her son as a guardian, and her son Cronius; the loan is to be repaid with interest in the month of Epeiph. Dated to 98-99.
Right papyrus (B): Beginning of a document dated in the reign of the emperor Nero (54-68) and drawn up in Ptolemais Euergetis. The official red stamp is on the back. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003843004 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1947(A-B) : Loan of Money (P.Fam.Tebt. 6 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 6, TM 10763) and Official Document - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2304]/040-003843004
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two fragmentary papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
Left papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, riddled with insect holes, lacking the left-hand side and imperfect at the top, complete on the right and at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears 21 lines lacking the beginnings; the lower margin is extant; no margin was left to the right. Folding lines are still visible.
Right papyrus (B): Two non-contiguous fragments from a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with insect holes in places; the front bears 9 lines lacking their middle portion; upper and left margins are extant, no margin was left to the right. The back contains remains of the official red stamp.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470653.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0000
- End Date:
- 0099
- Date Range:
- 1st century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 165 x 115 mm; B: 106 x 33 mm; 107 x 39 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 230 x 255 mm.
Script: A: Neat and regular upright hand, ligatured in places; B: Proficient sloping cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Tebtynis, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt.
Provenance: A: Tebtynis, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Both papyri were purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1873-2016 from Ali Abd el Hari on 15 May 1911.
- Former External References:
- P.Fam.Tebt. 6
Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 6 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915 I (London: British Museum, 1969), p. 475.
A
Bernhard A. van Groningen, A Family Archive from Tebtunis, (Pap.Lugd.Bat., VI) (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1950), pp. 26-27, no. 6.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)