1. Papyrus 682
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 682
- Title:
- Sale of Land (SB XXIV 16315, P.Lond. III 682+P.Bad II 10, TM 229)
- Scope & Content:
- Beginning of a contract drawn up in the notarial office in Pathyris before Ammonius, representative of the public notary Paniscus, recording the sale of some corn-bearing land on the sandbank of Pathyris from Sisuchus, son of Phibis. Additional fragments are in Heidelberg, one of them partly pre...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 20 November 98 BC
- Extent:
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Three fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, mounted on cardboard in a glass frame. Additional fragments are in Heidelberg, at the Institut für Papyrologie, inventoried as P. G 1283 and P. G 1300. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The British Library fragments preserve parts of 8 lines from the top of a column, and the upper margin. The Heidelberg fragments supply additional portions of these lines, for a complete column width of 200-210 mm, and part of the first column, 55 mm wide. All fragments break off at the bottom.
