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Papyrus 1644
- Record Id:
- 040-003652593
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102456959.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465872.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1644
- Title:
- Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1689, TM 19706)
- Scope & Content:
- Lease of land located in Phthla, waterless, the lessor being Flavius Panolbius, and the lessee Aurelius Isac. The rent is to be paid in kind. With subscription of Isac written by Thomas as he was illiterate, and with notarial subscription at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Greek Papyri
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003652593 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1644 : Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1689, TM 19706) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1592]/040-003652593
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, dark brown, broken off to the left; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 25 lines lacking the beginnings; upper, right and lower margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465872.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0527
- End Date:
- 0527
- Date Range:
- 13 Jun 0527
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 294 x 165 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 330 x 215 mm.
Script: Proficient, sloping cursive hand; cursive subscriptions from line 22.
- 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 1689
- 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. 86-87, no. 1689.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1964), p. 45.
J. G. Keenan, 'Victor, son of Psaios, and Three Aphrodito Rent Receipts', The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 20 (1983), pp. 127-134.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 146.
J.-L. Fournet, 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 Archive', in T. Gagos, A. Hyatt, Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth 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. 404).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aurelius Isac, 6th century
Dioscorus of Aphrodito, poet and administrator, 6th century
Flavius Panolbius, 6th century - Places:
- Kôm Ishgau, Egypt; the site of Aphrodito
- Related Material:
- The papyrus belongs to the Archive of Dioskoros (TM Arch ID 72).