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Papyrus 1537
- Record Id:
- 040-002105316
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000c5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143122957.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1537
- Title:
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Claim of Ownership (P.Oxy. IV 713, Chrest.Mitt. 314, TM 20413)
- Scope & Content:
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Leonides, son of Diodorus and Saraeus, of Oxyrhynchus, asks the keepers of the public archives to register his claim to the share of land belonging to his mother. Through their marriage contract, Leonides’ parents had ensured that their property remained irrevocable possession of their children. The property of the late father had already been divided among their children; two thirds of the property of the living mother had been given to Leonidas’ brother and sister on the occasion of their marriage. Leonides now claims his share of 4 aruras. With subscription of one of the keepers and dating clause at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105316 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1537 : Claim of Ownership (P.Oxy. IV 713, Chrest.Mitt. 314, TM 20413) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1007]/040-002105316
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Dark-brown papyrus sheet, of long and narrow format, damaged by holes throughout and with some surface damage, especially at the bottom. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, tha back being blank. There is one column of 45 lines, very few of which are damaged. Margins are extant, with no margin having been left to the right. The blank at the bottom measures 110 mm. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. IV. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143122957.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0097
- End Date:
- 0097
- Date Range:
- 15 March 97
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 385 x 90 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 435 x 140 mm.
Script: Regular and neat upright hand of medium size, thin and detached; occasionally ligatured and mostly bilinear. Lines 1-3, 42: Thick cursive hand. Lines 43-45: Thin, large, rapid cursive hand, slanting to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1523-1544 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in November 1906.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Mitt. 314
P.Oxy. IV 713 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 310.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri IV (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1904), pp. 180-183, no. 713.
F. Preisigke, Girowesen im griechischen Ägypten enthaltend Korngiro, Geldgiro, Giro-banknotariat, mit Einschluss des Archivwesens: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Verwaltungsdienstes im Altertume (Strassburg: 1910), p. 462.
L. Mitteis, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. II Hälfte Chrestomathie (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 362-364, no. 314.
B. W. Jones, J. E. G. Whitehorne, Register of Oxyrhynchites. 30 B.C.-A.D. 96 (Chico: Scholars Press 1983), p. 64.
S. R. Llewelyn, J. R. Harrison (eds.), New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity. Vol. 6 (North Ryde, N.S.W.: Ancient History Documentary Research Centre, Macquarie University 1992), p. 34.
A. Martin, in ‘Papyrologica. VII’, Chronique d'Égypte 93 (2018), pp. 207-209, no. 60.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)