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Papyrus 1050
- Record Id:
- 040-003666252
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100103279576.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464178.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1050
- Title:
- Lease of Land (ZPE 215 (2020), pp. 268-270, P.Lond. III 1050 descr., TM 38262)
- Scope & Content:
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Conclusion of a lease of land in the form of a ‘wage-receipt’ (misthapoche), the lessor acknowledging advance receipt of the rent. The land is to be sown with flax at a rent of two solidi; the lessor undertakes agricultural works on the land, including sowing and watering it, and transporting the flax to the lessee at his own expenses. With subscriptions of the lessor, Aurelius Pkylis, son of Petrus, of two witnesses and of the notary.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003666252 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1050 : Lease of Land (ZPE 215 (2020), pp. 268-270, P.Lond. III 1050 descr., TM 38262) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1664]/040-003666252
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Lower portion of a dark-brown papyrus sheet, somewhat torn in the lower margin too; with some surface damage throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There remain 16 lines from the foot of a column, with only few traces of the first line; side margins are minimal, and the lower is damaged. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464178.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0575
- End Date:
- 0625
- Date Range:
- late 6th century-early 7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 178 x 254 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 230 x 305 mm.
Script: Sloping cursive hand; four of five different hands for the subscriptions from line 12 to the end.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1050 descr.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. liv, no. 1050 descr.
A. Benaissa, ‘Late Antique Papyri from Hermopolis in the British Library I’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 215 (2020), pp. 257–272, (pp. 268–272, no. 5, with pl.).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)