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Papyrus 1128
- Record Id:
- 040-003909478
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122750666.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469798.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1128
- Title:
- Miscellaneous Texts (TM 22798, 25987, 25988)
- Scope & Content:
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Lower left papyrus (B) (SB XXVI 16735, TM 22798): Fragmentary contract for the sale of a male donkey at the price of 1300 drachmas; dated 217-267.
Other papyri (A, C): Fragmentary documents, unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003909478 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1128 : Miscellaneous Texts (TM 22798, 25987, 25988) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2378]/040-003909478
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Three papyrus fragments not belonging together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Upper left papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom and on the right, broken off on the other sides; with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the right-hand portion of a column; the lower margin survives, no margin was left to the right. The back is blank.
Lower left papyrus (B): Upper right fragment from a medium-brown papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 11 lines from the top of a column; the upper margin measures 23 mm. No margin was left to the right. The back is blank.
Right papyrus (C): Light-brown papyrus strip, of darker colour in places, complete at the top and bottom and broken off on the sides; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0000
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 1st century-4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 127 x 73 mm; B: 111 x 81 mm; C: 221 x 28 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 295 x 205 mm.
Script: A: Neat upright cursive hand, irregular in size; B: Regular and neat upright cursive hand; C: Rather large sloping cursive hand; different hand for the subscription at the end.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A, C: Egypt. B: Hermopolis, Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: A, C: Egypt. B: Hermopolis, Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- 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.
A, C
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. lviii, no. 1128(a, c) descr.
B
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. lviii, no. 1128(b) descr.
Nikos Litinas, ‘P. Lond. III 1128: Sale of a Donkey’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 124 (1999), 195-204, with plate.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten, XXVI (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, 2006), pp. 350-51, no. 16735.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2009), p. 103.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)