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Papyrus 139
- Record Id:
- 040-002104520
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00032f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143122818.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 139
- Title:
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Receipt for Rent (P.Lond. II 139a, TM 19949), and Certificate for Five-Day Work (P.Lond. II 139b, TM 11624)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper papyrus (P.Lond. II 139a, TM 19949): Copy of a receipt issued by Chaeremon to the three farmers who are cultivating his land, acknowledging the payment of the rent for part of the land. Dated to 23 August 48.
Lower papyrus (P.Lond. II 139b, TM 11624): Certificate issued to Panephremmis, son of Papeis, for the five-day work he performed on the dykes at Soknopaiou Nesos. With the signature of Corax at the end. Dated to 13 June 51.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104520 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 139 : Receipt for Rent (P.Lond. II 139a, TM 19949), and Certificate for Five-Day Work (P.Lond. II 139b, TM 11624) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0058]/040-002104520
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in one glass case.
Upper papyrus (A): Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with slight damage along the vertical folding lines; writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text consists of 12 complete lines; all margins are extant, the right being irregular. The blank space at the bottom measures 73 mm.
Lower papyrus (B): Small papyrus sheet, complete, with slight damage at the bottom. Writing is on one side along the fibres, with the back being blank. There are 7 complete lines, and all margins are extant, the upper being minimal. Vertical folds are visible.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143122818.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0048
- End Date:
- 0051
- Date Range:
- 48-51
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 174 x 123 mm; B: 73 x 140 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 305 x 190 mm.
Script: A: Irregular and strongly marked hand of medium size, occasionally compressed at the end of the lines. B: Neat and pracrised upright cursive hand; more cursive and thinner hand for the subscription.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Egypt. B: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: A: Egypt. B: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Both A and B were purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 140-176 from the Reverend Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) on 2 February 1891.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 139a
P.Lond. II 139b - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 396.
A:
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 200-201, no. 139a.
E. M. Thompson, Facsimiles of ancient manuscripts, etc.: second series. New Palaeographical Society Series II, I.II (London: Oxford University Press 1913-1932), plate 144.
H. Harrauer, Handbuch der griechischen Paläographie. Textband (Stuttgart: Hiersemann 2010), pp. 263-264, no. 81.
B:
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 103-104, no. 139b.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 252.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, Penthemeros-Certificates in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Lugdunum Batavorum: E.J. Brill 1964). pp. 24-25, 46, no. 4.
G. Casanova, ‘Osservazioni linguistiche e paleografiche sull'archivio di Harthotes di Theadelphia’, Aegyptus 56 (1976), pp. 144-176 (p. 159).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 97.
H. Harrauer, Handbuch der griechischen Paläographie. Textband (Stuttgart: Hiersemann 2010), p. 265, no. 83.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)