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Papyrus 1668
- Record Id:
- 040-003534649
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101136608.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465975.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1668
- Title:
- Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1695, TM 19714)
- Scope & Content:
- Lease for a five-year period of a plot of land belonging to Sibylla and Herais, daughters of Musaeus; the lessee is Aurelius Psachos, son of Victor. Provisions are made for the payments of the rent: the lessee is to pay the taxes in kind and money for the land, in addition to 26 artabas of wheat, wool for the pastures and other goods. With subscriptions at the end, one of which is that of Aurelius Psachos written by Aurelius Ioannes, son of Abramos. The summary is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003534649 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1668 : Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1695, TM 19714) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1510]/040-003534649
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, darkened on the left-hand side, broken off at the top and bottom, and with vertical breaks; written on both sides. On the front, there are 25 lines running along the fibres; only the margins on the sides survive. The back bears one line mutilated at the beginning, written along the fibres in the upper part of the sheet. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465975.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0530
- End Date:
- 0531
- Date Range:
- 29 August 530 or 531
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 238 x 192 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 295 x 240 mm.
Script: Recto: Hasty and sloping cursive hand; two additional hands for the subscriptions in lines 20-25. Verso: Upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite 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 1695
- 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. 98-100, no. 1695.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1964), p. 46.
J. M. Diethart, K. A. Worp, Notarsunterschriften im byzantinischen Ägypten: (Byz. Not.) (Wien: Hollinek 1986), p. 32, no. 25.3.1.
J. G. Keenan, ‘Pastoralism in Roman Egypt’, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 26 (1989), pp. 175-200 (pp. 190, 196).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 191.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 107.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)