Detail View: Papyri Collection: Deed of Loan
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Reference number:
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Greek P 586
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL0700899dc
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Image Title:
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Deed of Loan
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Trismegistos Number:
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Subject:
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Deeds
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Subject:
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Legal documents
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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. 4 586
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Description:
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Portion of a deed of loan for 53 talents and some copper coinage made to one Demetrius, Persian of the epigone, of the village of Aphrodite Berenice. Repayments is to be made to the 'lenders' or to the 'treasurer of the association to be appointed'. Written in a round bookhand with marked serifs on the feet of letters. The papyrus shows signs of having been folded in antiquity.
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Date created:
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99 BCE
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Time period covered:
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750 - 1 BCE
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People covered:
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Demetrius
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Language:
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Greek
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Language code:
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grc-EG
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Item height:
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245 mm
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Item width:
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100 mm
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Style Period:
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Ptolemaic
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Discovery site:
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Egypt: Arsinoites (mod. Fayum)
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Bibliography:
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Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image sequence number:
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grc0586r
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Date image captured:
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2006-08-23
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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