1. Papyrus 2143
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2143
- Title:
- Lease of Fishing Rights (SB XVIII 13150, TM 27661)
- Scope & Content:
- Six-year lease of fishing rights in the lands belonging to the lessor located near Terythis, in the Oxyrhynchite nome, at an annual rent of 240 drachmas, with some extraordinary payments including thirty jars of fish sauce and a few jars of a variety of fish. The lessor shall provide stakes, the ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and damaged by large holes on the left-hand side; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 29 lines written along the fibres, the last of which are very fragmentary; upper and left margins are extant, while no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
