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Papyrus 767
- Record Id:
- 040-002105156
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463148.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 767
- Title:
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Lease of Land (P.Oxy. I 103, P.Lond. III 767 descr., TM 45292)
- Scope & Content:
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Offer to lease a single aroura of land near the village of Isieion Panga for the duration of one year, the lessor being Aurelius Themistocles alias Dioscurides and the lessees Aurelius Leonides, son of Theon, and Aurelius Dioscorus, son of Ammonius. The land is to be sown with flax and the produce equally divided between the landlord on the one hand and the tenants on the other. Dated in Phaophi 16 in the consulship of Caecinius Sabinus and Vettius Rufinus (13 October 316). With endorsement on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105156 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 767 : Lease of Land (P.Oxy. I 103, P.Lond. III 767 descr., TM 45292) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0782]/040-002105156
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, fully preserved, with a few holes; written on both sides along the fibres, the back only having one line. Housed in one glass case. Number 103 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463148.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 316
- End Date:
- 316
- Date Range:
- 13 October 316
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 260 x 160 mm. Housed in one glass case measuring 310 x 215 mm.
Script: Fair-sized cursive hand.
- 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 767 descr.
P.Oxy. I 103 - 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. 168-169, no. 103.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. XXXIII, no. 767 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Strassburg: K. J. Trübner 1913), p. 315.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1964), p. 58.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 127.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aurelius Dioscorus, flax merchant, 1st half 4th century
Aurelius Leonides, Flax merchant, 1st half 4th century
Aurelius Themistocles alias Dioscurides, gymnasiarch and prytanis in Oxyrhynchus, 1st half 4th century - Places:
- Isieion Panga, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt
Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt - Related Material:
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The papyrus belongs to the Archive of Aurelius Leonides, son of Theon, flax merchant (TM Arch ID 132).