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Papyrus 140
- Record Id:
- 040-002104521
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000330
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143122826.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 140
- Title:
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Sale of Land (SB XXVIII 17080, P.Lond. II 140, TM 11625)
- Scope & Content:
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Sale of a third share of some land in the meris of Herakleides, purchased by Tesenouphis, daughter of Herieus, from Mysthes. The plot was adjacent to the house she inhabited with her husband Stotoetis.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104521 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 140 : Sale of Land (SB XXVIII 17080, P.Lond. II 140, TM 11625) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0059]/040-002104521
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, damaged at the left and bottom, lacking most of its lower part. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Occasional abrasion occurs. Parts of 26 lines survive, with the first 10 better preserved. Upper, right and lower margins measure 24 mm, 10-14 mm and 78 mm respectively. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143122826.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0069
- End Date:
- 0079
- Date Range:
- 69-79
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 267 x 124 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 290 x 175 mm.
Script: Small, neat, upright semi-cursive hand, displaying some sequences of letters more cursively written.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 139-176 from the Reverend Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) on 2 February 1891.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 140
SB XXVIII 17080 - 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. 397.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 180-181, no. 140.
E. M. Thompson, An Introduction to Greek and Latin Palaeography (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1912), p. 164, facsimile no. 28.
E. M. Thompson, Facsimiles of ancient manuscripts, etc. : second series. New Palaeographical Society Series II, Part I (London: Oxford University Press 1913-1932), 144.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), pp. 259-260.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, K. A. Worp, Fünfunddreissig Wiener Papyri (P.Vindob. Tandem) (Zutphen: 1976), p. 174.
N. Kruit, B. Muhs, K. A. Worp, ‘A bilingual sale of a house and loan of money’, in F. Hoffmann, H. J. Thissen (eds.), Res severa verum gaudium: Festschrift für Karl-Theodor Zauzich zum 65. Geburtstag am 8. Juni 2004 (Leuven: Peeters 2004), pp. 339-368 (p. 361, n. 26).
M. Schentuleit, ‘Satabus aus Soknopaiu Nesos: Aus dem Leben eines Priesters am Beginn der römischen Kaiserzeit’, Chronique d'Égypte 82 (2007), pp. 101-125 (p. 116).
N. Litinas, ‘Three Sales of Houses at Socnopaiou Nesos’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 39 (2002), pp. 63-96 (pp. 70, 75).
B. Kelly, Petitions, Litigation, and Social Control in Roman Egypt (Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), p. 130.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XXVIII (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 2013), pp. 195-196, no. 17080.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)