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Papyrus 2439
- Record Id:
- 040-002105471
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00015f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124252.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2439
- Title:
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Contract of a Loan (P.Oxy. X 1281, CPJ III 414, TM 21761)
- Scope & Content:
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Copy of a contract, with the last lines of the original contract, written in the village of Sinary, whereby a certain Harmaesis, a linen-weaver, acknowledges that he has borrowed from a Jew named Joseph 300 drachmas, corresponding to the value of 100 linen cloths of Sinary. An account must be rendered by Joseph upon restitution of the loan and 50 drachmas must be paid.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105471 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2439 : Contract of a Loan (P.Oxy. X 1281, CPJ III 414, TM 21761) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1243]/040-002105471
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Lower portion of a papyrus sheet, damaged to the right; the lower margin measures 60 mm. A sheet-join runs across the fibres 15 mm from the right edge. Writing is on one side along the fibres. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124252.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0021
- End Date:
- 0021
- Date Range:
- 31 December 21
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 186 x 133 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 245 x 185 mm.
Script: Rough cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Sinary, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 2435-2485 by the Egypt Exploration Society on 18 July 1922.
- Former External References:
- CPJ II 414
P.Oxy. X 1281 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 366.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri X (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1914), pp. 224-225, no. 1281.
H. I. Bell, ‘Bibliography: Graeco-Roman Egypt. A. Papyri (1913-14)’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 2 (1915), pp. 95-107 (p. 100).
K. F. W. Schmidt, ‘The Oxyrhynchus Papyri Part X’, Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen 178 (1916), pp. 390-411 (p. 407).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 334.
L. Fuchs, Die Juden Ägyptens in ptolemäischer und römischer Zeit (Wien: Rath 1924), pp. 58, 63.
F. Pringsheim, The Greek Law of Sale (Weimar: H. Böhlaus 1950), p. 257, nn. 3-4, pp. 267-268, n. 7 p. 523.
R. Taubenschlag, The Law of Greco-Roman Egypt in the Light of the Papyri, 332 B.C. -640 A.D. (Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe 1955), p. 339, no. 4.
V. A. Tcherikover, A. Fuks, Corpus papyrorum judaicarum II (Cambridge [Mass.]: The Magnes Press: The Hebrew University: Harvard University Press 1960), pp. 183-185, no. 414.
H. J. Wollf, Das Recht der griechischen Papyri Ägyptens in der Zeit der Ptolemaeer und des Prinzipats (München : Beck 1978), p. 20, n. 53.
D. Hagedorn, K. A. Worp, ‘VBP VI 170: Eine Neuedition’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 118 (1997), pp. 239-242 (p. 241).
P. Scheibelreiter, ‘Der Kreditkauf im griechischen Recht. Grundlagen und Dokumentation des „fiktiven Darlehens“’, in Éva Jakab (edited by), Sale and Community Documents from the Ancient World. Individuals’ Autonomy and State Interference in the Ancient World. Proceedings of a Colloquium supported by the University of Szeged. Budapest 5-8.10.2012 (Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste 2015), pp. 181-212 (pp. 204-205 and passim).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)