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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Name Aurelius Sarapion, 1st half of 3rd century Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable)

1. Papyrus 2508

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2508
Title:
Application for Lease of Land (P.Diog. 29, TM 10701)
Scope & Content:
Offer to lease 8 ½ aruras of grain land located near Philadelphia for three years, the lessor being Aurelia Copria, a minor, through her great-uncle Aurelius Sarapion, and the lessee Aurelius Longinus, son of Herminus. Written by the notary Dioscorus as Longinus is illiterate.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 October 225
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, darker in places, with abrasion and other surface damage in places. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There is one column of 31 lines, complete; all margins are extant, the right being minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 2541

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2541
Title:
List of Payments in Kind (P.Diog. 45, TM 10712), and Receipt for Rent (P.Diog. 34, TM 10704)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Diog. 35, TM 10712): Register listing payments of wheat, arranged by days; the entries include the name of the individuals, the place (Philadelpheia), the type of land (public or catoecic) and the artabas of wheat. The totals for each day follow. Papyrus 2532 is from the same roll. Date...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Portion of the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 2532, broken off to the right with some surface damage in places; written on both sides. On the front there are two columns written along the fibres; the second is abraded in places; traces of a preceding column remain. A sheet-join runs along the height of the papyrus in the middle. The back bears 7 lines written across the fibres in the upper left corner. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.