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Papyrus 1274 (A-D)

Record Id:

040-003944974

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002104451

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100123668716.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100148722156.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Papyrus 1274 (A-D)

Title:

Miscellaneous Documents (SB XXIV 16314, P.Lond. III 1274(a-d) descr., TM 41586, 25998)

Scope & Content:

Lower left papyrus (C) (SB XXIV 16314, TM 41586): Fragmentary agreement between Patermouthis and Stotoetis concerning the sale of a calf from 81-95. The seller (Patermouthis) acknowledges receipt of payment, but the price is lost.

Other fragments (A-B, D) (TM 25998): Fragmentary documents, unpublished.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002104451
040-003944974

Is part of:

Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri

Papyrus 1274 (A-D) : Miscellaneous Documents (SB XXIV 16314, P.Lond. III 1274(a-d) descr., TM 41586, 25998)

Hierarchy:

032-002104451[2385]/040-003944974

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Four papyrus fragments that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Upper left papyrus (A): Complete on the right, broken off on all other sides; written on one side along the fibres; the ends of 15 lines survive; the right margin is extant. The back is blank.

Upper right papyrus (B): Imperfect at the top, broken off on the other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears parts of 12 lines from the top of a column. The upper margin partly survives. The back is blank.

Lower left papyrus (C): Complete at the top; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears parts of 12 lines from the top of a column. The upper margin partly survives. The back is blank.

Lower right papyrus (D): Broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears parts of 16 lines. The back is blank.

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

0000

End Date:

0199

Date Range:

1st century-2nd century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Papyrus.

Dimensions: A: 107 x 52 mm; B: 83 x 60 mm; C: 96 x 60 mm; D: 102 x 40 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 270 x 180 mm.

Script: Various cursive hands.

Custodial History:

Origin: A-B, D: Egypt. C: Polydeukeia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.

Provenance: A-B, D: Egypt. C: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. All fragments were purchased with a lot comprising papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.

Former External References:

P.Lond. III 1274(a) descr.
P.Lond. III 1274(b) descr.
P.Lond. III 1274(c) descr.
P.Lond. III 1274(d) descr.
SB XXIV 16314

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 444.

Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. lxx, no. 1274 descr.

Nikos Litinas, 'P. Lond. III 1274c: Sale of a Calf', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 120 (1998) 157–58.

Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XXIV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2003), no. 16314.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2009), p. 104.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Places:

Polydeukeia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt