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Papyrus 1223
- Record Id:
- 040-002104586
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000383
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464616.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1223
- Title:
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Lease of Land (P.Lond. III 1223, Chrest.Wilck 370, TM 22846)
- Scope & Content:
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Application addressed to Marcus Antonius Pallas from Menodorus alias Ammonius, Eudaemon, Hermaeus, and his brother Metocus, Dius and Didymus, of Hermopolis, who wish to lease some land for a period of two years. Details on the payment of the rent are provided. The dating clause is at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104586 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1223 : Lease of Land (P.Lond. III 1223, Chrest.Wilck 370, TM 22846) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0124]/040-002104586
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, complete, but damaged by holes and abrasion in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 15 lines; the margins survive, with no margin having been left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464616.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0121
- End Date:
- 0121
- Date Range:
- 6 October 121
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 131 x 207 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 185 x 255 mm.
Script: Thin, small, rapid cursive hand with a slight slant to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Wilck. 370
P.Lond. III 1223 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 444.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 139, no. 1223, with pl. xxxvi.
U. Wilcken, ‘Papyrus-Urkunden’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 4 (1908), pp. 526-568 (pp. 548-549).
F. Preisigke, Girowesen im griechischen Ägypten enthaltend Korngiro, Geldgiro, Giro-banknotariat, mit Einschluss des Archivwesens: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Verwaltungsdienstes im Altertume (Strassburg: 1910), pp. 76-77.
M. I. Rostovtzeff, Studien zur Geschichte des römischen Kolonates (Leipzig-Berlin: B.G. Teubner 1910), pp. 123, 125.
U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. I.II (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 435-435, no. 370.
A. C. Johnson, An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome. Vol. II. Roman Egypt to the Reign of Diocletian (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1936), pp. 131-132, no. 68.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 83.
R.-L. Chang, Un dossier fiscal hermopolitain d'époque romaine conservé à la Bibliothéque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg (Le Caire: Institut français d'Archéologie Orientale 2014), p. 113, n. 50.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)