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Papyrus 2131
- Record Id:
- 040-003534646
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101134204.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467276.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2131
- Title:
- Lease of Land with Receipt for Rent (SB XX 14464, TM 29488)
- Scope & Content:
- Contract for the lease of two aruras of land located near Nesla for one year, the lessor being Harseis, of Oxyrhynchus, with her father as a guardian, and the lessee Ptolemaeus, son of Hermippus alias Harpocration, of Oxyrhynchus. The plot is to be sown with whatever crops the lessee wishes except woad and coriander. Harseis acknowledges receipt of 80 silver drachmas as rent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003534646 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2131 : Lease of Land with Receipt for Rent (SB XX 14464, TM 29488) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1507]/040-003534646
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and lacking the upper right edge; with insect holes in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 26 lines; upper and left margins measure 20 and 10-15 mm respectively; no margin to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467276.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 132 x 85 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 135 mm.
Script: Small, neat and regular rounded hand.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2103-2239 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in May 1920.
- Former External References:
- SB XX 14464
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1916-1920 (London: British Museum 1933), p. 373.
G. M. Parássoglou, ‘Nineteen Papyri from the British Library’, Hellenika 37 (1986), pp. 23-45 (pp. 43-45 no. 19, with pl.).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), p. 725, no. 14464.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)