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Papyrus 2472
- Record Id:
- 040-002105506
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000198
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124610.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2472
- Title:
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Lease of Catoecic Land (P.Oxy. XIV 1628, TM 5254)
- Scope & Content:
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One-year lease of 15 arourae of land in the village of Sepho from Sarapion, son of Apollonius, of the catoecic cavalry, to a certain Apollonius, both from Oxyrhynchus. The lessee is to sow 3 arourae with wheat and the remaining with barley and lentils. He has received barley and lentils for seed and 1500 drachmae for clearing the land from rushes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105506 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2472 : Lease of Catoecic Land (P.Oxy. XIV 1628, TM 5254) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1310]/040-002105506
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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An incomplete papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and damaged especially on its left side; wormholes are visible throughout. Writing is along the fibres, the back having very scanty traces. Housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124610.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0073
- End Date:
- -0073
- Date Range:
- 24 October 73 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 153 x 140 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 190 x 175 mm.
Script: Neat and upright hand, with insertions by a second hand, more cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, 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:
- P.Oxy. XIV 1628
- 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. Part XIV (London: Egypt Exploration Society 1920), pp. 5-8, no. 1628.
A. S. Hunt, C. C. Edgar, Select papyri. Vol. 1, Private affairs (London: W. Heinemann 1932), pp. 122-124, no. 40.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)