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Papyrus 1315
- Record Id:
- 040-003534632
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101133979.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465090.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1315
- Title:
- Lease of Land (SB XVI 12867, P.Lond. III 1315(a) descr., TM 16312), and Account (P.Lond. III 1315(b), TM 39621)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper papyrus (A) (SB XVI 12867, P.Lond. III 1315(a) descr., TM 16312): Beginning of a lease of some land between the farmer Aurelius Pcylis, son of Sophia, and Aurelius Victor, of Hermopolis; the details are lost due to the fragmentary state of the papyrus. Dated to 13 August 584.
Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. III 1315(b), TM 39621): Seventh-century receipt acknowledging a tax payment, issued by Theodorus.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003534632 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1315 : Lease of Land (SB XVI 12867, P.Lond. III 1315(a) descr., TM 16312), and Account (P.Lond. III 1315(b), TM 39621) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1493]/040-003534632
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus sheets with writing on one side, the back being blank, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, with holes and surface damage; portions of 14 lines remain, the last being very mutilated. Upper and left margins survive.
Lower papyrus (B): Small sheet, complete, with 5 complete lines written across the fibres; margins are all minimal.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0584
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 584 and 7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 180 x 137 mm; B: 55 x 87 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 185 mm.
Script: Two proficient, upright cursive hands, with the hand of B being smaller.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. B: Hermopolite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: A: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. B: Hermopolite nome (?), Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1315(a) descr.
P.Lond. III 1315(b)
SB XVI 12867 - 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. 445.
A
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. lxxiii, no. 1315(a) descr.
K. A. Worp, ‘Some Late Byzantine Papyri from Hermopolis’, Chronique d'Égypte 59 (1984), pp. 134-144 (pp. 141-142, no. 4).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XVI (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1985), pp. , no. 12867.
R. S. Bagnall, K. A. Worp, The Chronological Systems of Byzantine Egypt (Leiden: E.J. Brill 2004), p. 262, and passim.
N. Gonis, ‘Notes on VI.-VIII. Century Documents (II)’, Tyche. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 15 (2000), pp. 196-202 (p. 198, no. 360) = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 218.
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 275, no. 1315(b).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 299.
H. Harrauer, P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Bemerkungen zu Papyri’, Tyche. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 3 (1988), pp. 111-118 (pp. 115-116, no. 13)
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 144.
B. E. Nielsen, K. A. Worp, ‘New Papyri from the New York University Collection IV’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 149 (2004), pp. 103-112 (p. 109) = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2017), p. 125.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 104.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)