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Papyrus 1781
- Record Id:
- 040-003534657
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101136799.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466221.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1781
- Title:
- Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1688, TM 19705)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary lease of land under water in Aphrodito for the period of one year; the names of the parties are mutilated, but the lessor may be Apollos, father of the notary and poet Dioscorus.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003534657 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1781 : Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1688, TM 19705) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1518]/040-003534657
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and left, abraded throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 10 lines, lacking the beginnings; upper and right margins survive, the right being irregular and minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466221.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0523
- End Date:
- 0523
- Date Range:
- 25 December 523
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 150 x 144 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 205 x 200 mm.
Script: Medium-sized cursive hand. Notary: Abraham (Lemaire 2010).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1757-1786 from Ali Abd-el-Haj on 12 October 1907.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1688
- 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. 312.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 85-86, no. 1688.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1964), p. 45.
P. J. Sijpesteijn and K. A. Worp, ‘Chronological Notes’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 26 (1977), pp. 267-286 (p. 272).
J. L. Fournet (ed.), Les archives de Dioscore d'Aphrodité cent ans après leur découverte: histoire et culture dans l'Egypte byzantine: actes du Colloque de Strasbourg, 8-10 décembre 2005 (Paris: De Boccard 2008), p. 330.
F. Lemaire, ‘Antimisthosis in the Dioscorus Archiv’, in T. Gagos, A. Hyatt (eds.), Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Papyrology, Ann Arbor, July 29-August 4, 2007 (Ann Arbor: Scholarly Publishing Office, The University of Michigan Library 2010), pp. 397-408 (p. 403, n. 26).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)