1. Papyrus 1735
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1735
- Title:
- Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1697, TM 36922)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary contract for a one-year lease of a plot of land. The names of the parties are lost, but the lessor may be Apollos, the father of the notary and poet Dioscorus.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 1st half of 6th century
- Extent:
- Portion of a papyrus sheet in two fragments, dark-brown, broken off at the top, left and bottom; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears portions of 14 lines wanting the beginnings; of the first preserved line only the feet of few letters survive. The right margin is extant; the other margins are lost. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom along the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
