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Papyrus 1168

Record Id:

040-002105261

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002104451

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000094

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Papyrus 1168

Title:

Lease of Part of a House and Related Documents (P.Lond. III 1168, TM 22825-22826)

Scope & Content:

Four-year lease of one sixth of a house located in Hermopolis from Stotoetis, daughter of Dioscorus, acting with her guardian, to his brother Chichois, who already possesses the rest of the house. Stotoetis owes Chichois 220 drachmas, and in place of the interest, Chichois is to use the house. At the end of the term, Stotoetis shall repay the debt or renounce all rights to the property.

Papyrus 1168(1) recto

Column 1: Unrelated account, mentioning Stotoetis. Unpublished.

Column 2, lines 1-17: Deed of the lease, with subscription written by Hermaeus alias Besas.

Papyrus 1168(2) recto, column 1, lines 1- 3: Statement of Chichois to the banker surrendering the lease of the house because he has received the money.

Lines 4-8: Copy of the receipt made through a private bank acknowledging the payment of 220 drachmas;

Lines 9-14: Receipt from Stotoetis.

Column 2: Receipt from Chicois to Stotoetis, acknowledging the payment.

Papyrus 1168(2) verso: Copy of the certificate acknowledging the cancellation of the lease made through the bank of Ptolemaeus.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002104451
040-002105261

Is part of:

Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri

Papyrus 1168 : Lease of Part of a House and Related Documents (P.Lond. III 1168, TM 22825-22826)

Hierarchy:

032-002104451[0455]/040-002105261

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Papyrus roll, housed in two glass cases named Papyrus 1168(1) and Papyrus 1168(2); with writing on both sides; sheet-joins are visible.

Papyrus 1168(1): Complete, damaged by holes throughout, but well preserved as to the rest. The fibre orientation of the first sheet (front-side), which displays vertical fibres, is opposite to that of the following sheets forming the roll. On the front there is one short column of 5 lines, written across the fibres on the first sheet; a broad column of 17 lines written along the fibres follows. Margins are extant. On the back is one letter and few dark spots in places.

Papyrus 1168(2): Complete and well preserved, with very few small worm holes; the second sheet (front-side) is shorter than the first; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears two columns, complete; all margins are extant. The back bears one column, with dark spots in places.

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

0044

End Date:

0044

Date Range:

4 June 44

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Papyrus.

Dimensions: 235 x 629 mm, and 235 x 460 mm; housed in two glass frames named Papyrus 1168(1) and Papyrus 1168(2), measuring 280 x 675 mm and 280 x 510 mm respectively.

Script: Six cursive hands. Papyrus 1168(1) ro., column 1: Small, somewhat rough cursive hand; column 2, lines 1-2, 4-14, 16-17, and Papyrus 1168(2) ro., lines 9-14: Large, thin, upright cursive hand, occasionally compressed at the ends of the lines; lines 2-3, 14-16: thicker, smaller, rapid cursive, hand of Hermaeus alias Besas. Papyrus 1168(2) ro., lines 1-3, and column 2: rapid cursive hand; Papyrus 1168(3) ro., lines 4-8: thin and regular cursive hand, with lines fairly spaced; Papyrus 1168(2) verso: thin and somewhat rough cursive hand, with a slight slant to the right; with corrections.

Custodial History:

Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.

Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.

Former External References:

P.Lond. III 1168

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 442.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 135-138, no. 1168, with pll. 20-23.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 282.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 83.

R. Bogaert, ‘Liste géographique des banques et des banquiers de l’Égypte romaine, 30a-284’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 109 (1995), pp. 133-173 (p. 158).

D. Hagedorn, ‘Die Verwendung von Zahlsubstantiven zur Bezeichnung von Monatstagen in den griechischen Papyri’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 59 (2013), pp. 123-137 (p. 133).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Chichois, Persian of the Epigone, 1st half of 1st century
Stotoetis, Persian, 1st half of 1st century

Places:

Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt.