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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Name Hermauos, notary, 6th century Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable)

1. Papyrus 1551

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1551
Title:
Leases of Land (P.Lond V 1692, TM 19709-19710)
Scope & Content:
Two leases between Flavius Dioscorus, son of Apollos, and the shepherd Aurelius Georgius, son of Psais. Column 1: Georgius acknowledges that he has leased some land from Dioscorus for one year. With subscriptions of the lessee (written by someone else as he is illiterate), of a witness and of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
555-556
Extent:
Medium-to-dark brown papyrus, damaged along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. On the front, there are two columns of 24 and 26 lines respectively. Upper and lower margins are extant, the left margin partly survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 3084

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3084
Title:
Lease of Share of a Farm (P.Michael. 46, TM 21422)
Scope & Content:
The shepherd Aurelius Besis, son of Phoebammon and Tabes, acknowledges that he has leased from Aurelius Phoebammon, son of Triadelphus, and Aurelius Victor, son of Colluthus, the share of a farm belonging to them for a period of three years. Provisions concerning the lease follow. The subscriptio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 August 559
Extent:
Dark-brown papyrus sheet, lacking the upper right corner; bearing writing on one side. On the front, there are 26 lines written across the fibres; the upper margin is wide, the others are minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame, pasted onto a sheet containing the translation of a Coptic letter.

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