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Papyrus 2849
- Record Id:
- 040-003652591
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102456957.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468460.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2849
- Title:
- Lease of Land (AfP 58 (2012), pp. 344-359, TM 85293)
- Scope & Content:
- Conclusion of a lease of land in Coptic, the lessee being Colluthus, son of Apa Sia; the names of the lessors are lost. The terms of the lease, including the rent, are provided. With subscriptions of Colluthus and of four witnesses, and with Greek subscription of the notary Georgius.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Greek Papyri
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003652591 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2849 : Lease of Land (AfP 58 (2012), pp. 344-359, TM 85293) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1602]/040-003652591
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and left, darkened in places and damaged along the folds; with insect holes in places. Written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are 24 lines lacking the beginnings. The lower (60 mm) and right margins are extant. The sheet was rolled from bottom to top; sheet-joins running along the width are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468460.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Coptic
Greek, Ancient - Scripts:
- Coptic
Greek - Start Date:
- 0580
- End Date:
- 0590
- Date Range:
- 580-590
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 335 x 303 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 410 x 365 mm.
Script: Coptic sloping uncial, with few ligatures; five hands for the subscriptions in Coptic, from line 14; upright cursive for the Greek subscription in the last line.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2784-2849 as share from a joint purchase arranged with the University of Michigan, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, and Wilfred Merton (b. 1888, d. 1957) from various dealers in November and December 1926, formally acquired in October 1927. Papyri 2823-2849 were purchased from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948).
- Publications:
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L. Papini, 'A Lease of Land from Aphroditopolis', in Coptic Studies. Acts of the Third International Congress of Coptic Studies. Warsaw, 20-25 August, 1984 (Varsovie: PWN-Éditions scientifiques de Pologn 1990), pp. 299-302.
H. Förster, J.-L. Fournet, T. S. Richter, 'Une misthôsis copte d’Aphrodité (P.Lond. inv. 2849): le plus ancien acte notarié copte?', Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 58 (2012), pp. 344-359, with pl. xxi.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)