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Papyrus 361
- Record Id:
- 040-002104734
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00002d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127094.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 361
- Title:
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Petition to Withdraw a Lease (P.Lond. II 361 ro., TM 25626), and Legal Document (P.Lond. II 361 vo. descr., TM 11740)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (TM 25626): Late first-century petition addressed to the strategus of the meris of Herakleides in the Arsinoite nome from a resident of the meris of Polemon, who requests that a contract for a lease of an oliveyard be cancelled. The lease had been undertaken by his late parent, and the petition states that he is willing to pay the outstanding charges.
Verso (TM 11740): Fragment of a legal document with various entries, dated to 114-115. (Unpublished).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104734 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 361 : Petition to Withdraw a Lease (P.Lond. II 361 ro., TM 25626), and Legal Document (P.Lond. II 361 vo. descr., TM 11740) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0253]/040-002104734
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and sides, and with minor damage throughout; written on both sides. The front bears 17 lines (with a supralinear addition) running parallel with the fibres and lacking beginnings and few letters at the end. The lower margin measures 80 mm. On the back there are 27 lines, lacking beginnings and ends and running against the fibres. Part of the upper and the lower margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127094.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0075
- End Date:
- 0115
- Date Range:
- 75-115
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 196 x 75 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 240 x 125 mm.
Script: Neat and regular upright cursive hand, with a supralinear addition between lines 5 and 6. Verso: Small upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 272-400 from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) on 11 April 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 361 ro.
P.Lond. II 361 vo. descr. - 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. 439.
Recto
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 169-170, no. 361 ro.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), pp. 257-258.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 93.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1964), p. 43.
G. M. Browne, ‘Withdrawal from Lease’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 5 (1968), pp. 17-24 (p. 21, n. 8).
Verso
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xxxiv, no. 361 vo. descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)