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Papyrus 766
- Record Id:
- 040-002105155
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003e0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463143.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 766
- Title:
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Lease of Land (P.Oxy. I 102, P.Lond. III 766 descr., TM 20761)
- Scope & Content:
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One-year lease of nine arouras of land, the lessor being Aurelia Antiochia alias Dionysia, daughter of Antiochus alias Dionysius, former magistrate in Alexandria, and the lessee Aurelius Dioscorus, son of Apollonius, from Oxyrhynchus. The land, located in the Oxyrhynchite nome, is to be sown with flax, and the rent is 1 talent and 3500 drachmas per aroura. The lessor acknowledges receipt of 4 talents, the remaining sum to be paid after the harvest. With consular date at the beginning and regnal year at the end, followed by the autograph subscription of Aurelia Antiochia and the notarial subscription of Apion.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105155 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 766 : Lease of Land (P.Oxy. I 102, P.Lond. III 766 descr., TM 20761) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0781]/040-002105155
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet written on one side along the fibres, with the first line being somewhat damaged, but overall well preserved; mounted on cardboard and housed in one glass case. Number 102 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463143.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 306
- End Date:
- 306
- Date Range:
- 13 October 306
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 250 x 140 mm. Housed in one glass case measuring 310 x 190 mm.
Script: Small and well written upright hand in the main body of the document; different hand for subscription.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 739-834 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in October 1900. Of these, papyri 739-814 form part of the discoveries made by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt on the site of the ancient Oxyrhynchus.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 766 descr.
P.Oxy. I 102 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 438-439.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. I (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1898), pp. 167-168, no. 102.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. XXXIII, no. 766 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1913), p. 315.
J. M. Diethart, K. A. Worp, Notarsunterschriften im byzantinischen Ägypten (Byz. Not.) (Wien: In Kommission bei Verlag Brüder Hollinek 1986), p. 79 with pl. 40.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 232.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)