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Papyrus 15(1-8)
- Record Id:
- 040-003904467
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122099921.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470024.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 15(1-8)
- Title:
- Documents from the Archive of the Royal Bank of Thebes (TM 3608; 3620; 3621; 3622, 3623)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragments 1-3 (UPZ II 218, TM 3620): Documents concerning the sale of a state-owned hill, purchased at an auction by Aelurus. The documentation includes instructions to the director of the bank, Heraclides. Dated 131-130 BC. Further portions are now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1372.
Fragments 4-5 (UPZ II 219, TM 3621): Fragments of the documentation concerning the sale of a temple to Asclepius, purchased by Senemenotphis, daughter of Psenchonsis, and someone else. The purchase price of 4,000 drachmas were to be paid in four annual instalments. Dated 21 January 130 BC. Further portions are now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1375.
Fragment 6 (UPZ II 220, TM 3622): Fragment of the documentation concerning the sale of two abandoned properties, which were auctioned. Dated 12 March 130 BC. Further portions are now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1376.
Fragment 7 (UPZ II 221, TM 3623): Duplicate of the documentation concerning the sale of two abandoned properties, which were auctioned. Dated 12 March 130 BC. Further portions are now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1377.
Fragment 8 (UPZ II 206, TM 3608): Fragmentary instructions to the director of the royal bank Heraclides to pay the wages, food allowance and horse maintenance to five mercenaries who had been transferred to Thebes. The request made by Apollonius is enclosed. Dated 9 March 130 BC. Further portions are now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1379.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003904467 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 15(1-8) : Documents from the Archive of the Royal Bank of Thebes (TM 3608; 3620; 3621; 3622, 3623) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2357]/040-003904467
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Eight fragments, not all of which belong together, mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
Fragments 1-3: Three fragments from the same sheet, further portions of which are now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1372; written on one side along the fibres.
Fragments 4-5: Two fragments from the same sheet, further portions of which are now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1375; written on one side along the fibres.
Fragment 6: Fragment of the same sheet as some fragments now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1376; written on one side along the fibres.
Fragment 7: Fragment of the same sheet as some fragments now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1377; written on one side along the fibres.
Fragment 8: Fragment of the same sheet as a papyrus now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1379; written on one side along the fibres; complete on the right and left.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0131
- End Date:
- -0130
- Date Range:
- 131-130 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size: fr. 6: 122 x 170 mm; fr. 15: 83 x 184 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring x310 x 395 mm.
Script: Various cursive hands.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Dios polis (Thebes East), Egypt.
Provenance: Dios polis (Thebes East), Egypt. All fragments were presented by John Gardner Wilkinson (b. 1797, d. 1875) in 1834.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. I 15(1-3)
P.Lond. I 15(4-5)
P.Lond. I 15(6)
P.Lond. I 15(7)
P.Lond. I 15(8)
UPZ II 206
UPZ II 218
UPZ II 219
UPZ II 220
UPZ II 221 - Publications:
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Josiah Forshall, Description of the Greek Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1839), pp. 56-57, 61-67, nos. XXIV, XXVI, XXXI, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXVI-XXXVII, XXXIX, XL.
Frederic G. Kenyon, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, I (London: British Museum, 1893), pp. 50-56, nos. 15(1-8).
Ulrich Wilcken, Urkunden der Ptolemäerzeit (Ältere Funde), 1-2 vols (Berlin: W. de Gruyter 1927-1934), 2: Lieferung 1, Papyri aus Oberägypten, nos. 206, 218-221.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, V (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1969), p. 152.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1976), pp. 202-03.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1986), p. 277.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1992), p. 501.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)