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Papyrus 2473
- Record Id:
- 040-002105507
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000199
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124623.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2473
- Title:
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Lease of Catoecic Land (P.Oxy. XIV 1629, TM 5255)
- Scope & Content:
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Beginning of a one-year lease of 30 arourae of land in Paeimis, the lessor being Theon, son of Theon, of the catoecic cavalry, and the lessee Apollonius alias Harbichis. The latter shall sow half of the land with wheat and half with aracus.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105507 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2473 : Lease of Catoecic Land (P.Oxy. XIV 1629, TM 5255) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1311]/040-002105507
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres; the top margin measures up to 32 mm, the left one up to 20 mm and the right one is minimal. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124623.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0044
- End Date:
- -0044
- Date Range:
- 26 July 44 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 105 x 157 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 155 x 200 mm.
Script: Cursive hand, with a tendency for letters to slope to the right.
- 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 1629
- 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. 8-10, no. 1629.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Apollonius, Persian; son of Apollonius; alias Harbichis, of Oxyrhynchus, 1st century BC
Theon, of the catoecic cavalry, 1st century BC - Places:
- Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt
Paeimis, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt