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Papyrus 438
- Record Id:
- 040-002104809
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00010a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127999.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 438
- Title:
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Lease of Land (P.Lond. II 438, TM 11744)
- Scope & Content:
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Copy of a proposal whereby two men of Karanis, one of whom named Pasocnopaeus, intend to rent some land already sown, located near Kerkesoucha, for the current year from Hierenouphis and others. The names of the parties are mutilated.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104809 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 438 : Lease of Land (P.Lond. II 438, TM 11744) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0307]/040-002104809
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with some surface damage throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front preserves 19 lines, the last 7 of which are mutilated. Upper and left margins are extant; no margin was left to the right. Vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127999.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0134
- End Date:
- 0135
- Date Range:
- 134-135
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 121 x 96 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 165 x 145 mm.
Script: Small and proficient cursive hand, thicker in places.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 401-447 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 15 May 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 438
- 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. 448.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 188-189, no. 438.
M. I. Rostovtzeff, Studien zur Geschichte des römischen Kolonates (Leipzig-Berlin: B.G. Teubner 1910), p. 89.
G. Gentilli, ‘Dagli antichi contratti d’affitto’, Studi italiani di Filologia classica 13 (1905), pp. 269-378 (pp. 273, 282, and passim).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 262.
F. Morelli, ‘Due sententiae arbitri e una famiglia di affaristi poco onesti’, in J. M. S. Cowey, B. Kramer (eds.), Paramone: Editionen und Aufsätze von Mitgliedern des Heidelberger Instituts für Papyrologie zwischen 1982 und 2004. Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 16 (München: K. G. Saur 2004), pp. 174-198 (p. 184, n. 36).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)