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Papyrus 1068
- Record Id:
- 040-003948543
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124365771.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469746.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1068
- Title:
- Miscellaneous Documents (P.Lond. III 1068(a-c), TM 38278, 38279, 38280)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper left papyrus (A) (TM 38278): Fragment of a lease of a dining room and an exedra on the second floor of a house for an indeterminate period. The lessee is Aurelia Sophia, the name of the lessor is lost.
Upper right papyrus (B) (TM 38279): Conclusion of an agreement, with subscriptions. Unpublished.
Lower papyrus (C) (TM 38280): Conclusion of a sale on delivery of 240 artabas of an unknown product, with subscriptions of the sellers, of three witnesses and of the gnoster.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003948543 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1068 : Miscellaneous Documents (P.Lond. III 1068(a-c), TM 38278, 38279, 38280) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2398]/040-003948543
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Three papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.
Upper left papyrus (A): Complete on the right; written on one side along the fibres; the front bears the ends of 19 lines; no margin was left to the right; the back is blank.
Upper right papyrus (B): Partly complete at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres; the front bears parts of 15 lines from the bottom of a column; the lower margin is extant. The back is blank.
Lower papyrus (C): Lower right corner of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres; the front bears the ends of 11 lines; right and lower margins are minimal. The back is blank.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469746.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 6th century-7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 114 x 57 mm; B: 150 x 80 mm; C: 136 x 165 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 355 x 220 mm.
Script: A: Slightly sloping cursive hand; B: Medium-sized, mostly upright, thick cursive hand; different hands for the subscriptions; C: Neat, upright cursive hand; different hands for the subscriptions.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), 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.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1068(a)
P.Lond. III 1068(b)
P.Lond. III 1068(c) - 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. lv, no. 1068(a-c) descr.
A
Amin Benaissa, 'Late Antique Papyri from Hermopolis in the British Library II', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 219 (2021) 183–201 (pp. 191-93, no. 9, with plate).
C
Amin Benaissa, 'Late Antique Papyri from Hermopolis in the British Library II', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 219 (2021) 183–201 (pp. 185-87, no. 7, with plate).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)