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Papyrus 2536
- Record Id:
- 040-003473258
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100093961127.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467980.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2536
- Title:
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Lease of Land (P.Diog. 26, TM 10698)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragmentary contract for the lease of six aruras of land, the lessor being Lucius Fabius Diogenes and the lessee Diodorus. Provisions are made as to the duties of each party, including the payment of taxes and works to be performed. Additionally, the tenant is to cultivate two aruras of land belonging to the owner. With subscription of Diogenes and dating clause at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003473258 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2536 : Lease of Land (P.Diog. 26, TM 10698) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1063]/040-003473258
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two joining fragments from the lower portion of a papyrus sheet, darkened and abraded in places. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. 19 lines from the foot of a column survive; the right margin is minimal, the lower margin is extant (30 mm), and left and upper margins are lost. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467980.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0159
- End Date:
- 0159
- Date Range:
- 19 August 159
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Left fragments: 153 x 57 mm; Right fragment: 169 x 164 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 220 x 270 mm.
Script: Upright, skilled and neat cursive hand, regular and with some enlarged letters at the beginnings of the lines; 2nd hand from line 13 for the subscription.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt (?).
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2486-2542 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) in September 1922. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan and Cornell University.
- Former External References:
- P.Diog. 26
- 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.
O. Montevecchi, La papirologia (Milano: Vita e Pensiero 1988), p. 577, no. 17.
P. Schubert, Les archives de Marcus Lucretius Diogenes et textes apparentés (Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 39) (Bonn: R. Habelt 1990), pp. 162-165, no. 26, with pl. xviii.
P. van Minnen, ‘Les archives de Marcus Lucretius Diogenes et textes apparentés by P. Schubert’, Mnemosyne 48 (1995), pp. 507-511.
P. Schubert, Philadelphie. Un village égyptien en mutation entre le IIe et le IIIe siècle ap. J.-C. (Schweizerische Beiträge für Altertumswissenschaft 34) (Basel: Schwabe 2007), pp. 55-69.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)