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Papyrus 2475
- Record Id:
- 040-002105509
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00019b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124647.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2475
- Title:
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Bid for Purchase of Land (P.Oxy. XIV 1633, TM 21945)
- Scope & Content:
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Bid from Aurelius Serenus alias Sarapion for the purchase of 11 aruras of public land in the village of Paeimis, in the Oxyrhynchite nome. The land was originally private property that had been confiscated for some reason. Serenus offers to pay 800 drachmas to the public bank with the extra charges, which is 140 drachmas more than what was offered by the first bidder. With signature of the applicant and official docket at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105509 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2475 : Bid for Purchase of Land (P.Oxy. XIV 1633, TM 21945) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1313]/040-002105509
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus sheet, damaged by wormholes throughout and lacking its right-hand side and a few lines on top. Left and bottom margins are extant. 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_100143124647.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0275
- End Date:
- 0275
- Date Range:
- 23 August 275
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 293 x 79 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 330 x 130 mm.
Script: Neat and experienced cursive hand with upright letters; two other hands, more cursive and sloping to the right, from line 35 to end.
- 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 1633
- 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. 31-34, no. 1633.
A. C. Johnson, An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome. Vol. II. Roman Egypt to the Reign of Diocletian (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1936), p. 173, no. 101.
M. Hombert, C. Préaux, ‘Un petit propriétaire égyptien du milieu du IIIe siècle de notre ère: Aurelius Serenus - Sarapion’, L'Antiquité Classique 17 (1948), pp. 331-337.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 138.
D. P. Kehoe, Management and Investment on Estates in Roman Egypt during the Early Empire (Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 40) (Bonn: R. Habelt 1992), pp. 72-74.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)