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Papyrus 905
- Record Id:
- 040-003882509
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121683577.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472161.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 905
- Title:
- Tax Receipts and Memorandum or Contract on Property (P.Lond. III 905, TM 29247, 97898)
- Scope & Content:
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Memorandum or contract concerning some property near Philoteris and Dionysias belonging to a woman named Demetrous, daughter of Charias, who is acting with her husband as a guardian. The text was written in the blank space of the sheet, which preserves two tax receipts dated to 140, written the other way up. The back contains further writing.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003882509 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 905 : Tax Receipts and Memorandum or Contract on Property (P.Lond. III 905, TM 29247, 97898) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2353]/040-003882509
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, complete but damaged at the bottom; written on both sides. The front bears 14 lines written along the fibres and 11 further lines written along the fibres, upside down in relation to the other text. All margins are extant. The back bears further lines running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147472161.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 212 x 126 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 265 x 180 mm.
Script: Recto: Large and upright hand, with ligatures in places; rapid and practised cursive hand for the receipts; Verso: Upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 885-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 905
- 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. 441.
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. 219, no. 905, with pl. 30.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)