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Papyrus 1006
- Record Id:
- 040-002105547
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001cc
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100142973897.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1006
- Title:
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Lease of Land (P.Lond. III 1006, TM 22776)
- Scope & Content:
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Beginning of a contract for a five-year lease of 1 ¼ aruras of uninundated land for the annual rent of 1 and 1/3 solidi minus 8 carats. The lessor is Aurelius Petrus and the lessee Aurelius Colluthus, both of the Hermopolite village of Nagogis. With docket on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105547 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1006 : Lease of Land (P.Lond. III 1006, TM 22776) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0960]/040-002105547
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, darkened in places, broken off at the bottom and with minor surface damage throughout. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back having a one-line docket. The front preserves 17 lines, complete, and traces of another line at the bottom; side and upper margins are minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100142973897.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0555
- End Date:
- 0555
- Date Range:
- 31 October 555
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 188 x 157 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 240 x 210 mm.
Script: Medium-sized cursive hand, mostly upright.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Nagogis, Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1006
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 261, no. 1006.
W. L. Westermann, ‘The "Uninundated Lands" in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt’, Classical Philology 16 (1921), pp. 169-188 (p. 182).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 296.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 95.
P. J. Sijpesteijn and K. A. Worp, ‘Chronological Notes’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 26 (1977), pp. 267-286 (p. 279).
K. Maresch, Nomisma und Nomismatia: Beiträge zur Geldgeschichte Ägyptens im 6. Jahrhundert n. Chr. (Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag 1994), p. 23, and passim.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 102.
F. Reiter, ‘Datierungen nach dem Postkonsulat des Basilius in Papyrusdokumenten’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 145 (2003), pp. 231–245 (p. 241).
J. Banaji, Exploring the Economy of Late Antiquity: Selected Essays (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2016), p. 100.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)