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Papyrus 1631
- Record Id:
- 040-002105586
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00022e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465827.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1631
- Title:
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Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1765, TM 19756)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragmentary lease of land located in the Hermopolite nome for a period of two years, the lessees being the priest Victor and a sub-deacon. Dated to 24-28 August or 25 June-24 July.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105586 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1631 : Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1765, TM 19756) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1361]/040-002105586
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and sides, and with a few small holes in the preserved portion; the writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back baing blank. There are portions of 15 lines from the top of a column, lacking beginnings and ends. The upper margin is minimal, and no other margin survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465827.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0554
- End Date:
- 0554
- Date Range:
- 554
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 148 x 160 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 205 x 205 mm.
Script: Upright, proficient cursive hand of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1765
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 223-224, no. 1765.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 92.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 193.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 108.
F. Reiter, ‘Datierungen nach dem Postkonsulat des Basilius in Papyrusdokumenten’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 145 (2003), pp. 231-245 (pp. 240-241).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Victor, priest and farmer, mid 6th century
- Places:
- Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt.