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Papyrus 938
- Record Id:
- 040-003467791
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100088685648.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463813.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 938
- Title:
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Lease of Land (P.Lond. III 938, TM 22722)
- Scope & Content:
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End of an application for a lease of land, the names of the parties being lost. Details on the crops to be sown and the rent to be paid are provided. With the date at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003467791 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 938 : Lease of Land (P.Lond. III 938, TM 22722) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0916]/040-003467791
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, with holes in the preserved portion mostly distributed along the vertical folds; with minor surface damage. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 16 lines, the first of which somewhat mutilated, and traces of another line at the top. Side and lower margins are extant, with the right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463813.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0225
- End Date:
- 0225
- Date Range:
- 13 October 225
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 193 x 108 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 245 x 160 mm.
Script: Thick cursive hand of small 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 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 938
- 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), pp. 150, no. 938.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Theognostos Alias Moros and His Family’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 76 (1989), pp. 213-218 (p. 215, n. 5).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)