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Papyrus 1876
- Record Id:
- 040-003677954
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104645569.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466670.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1876
- Title:
- Correspondence on the Sale of Minimally Productive Land (SB V 7599, TM 14031)
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence concerning the sale of five aruras of minimally productive land (hypologos) located in Tebtynis, which Cronion and Syrus, sons of Satyrus, intended to buy from the fiscus.
Lines 1-7: Letter of Harpocration, royal scribe of the division of Polemon in the Arsinoite nome, to Eutychus, village scribe of Tebtynis, with the order to inspect the land and enclosing the letter of the scribe of the nome; with subscription of Harpocration and date (4 January 95).
Lines 8-10: Letter to Harpocration from Pisis, scribe of the nome, enclosing the document addressed to him from the strategus of the division of Polemon; with Pisis’ subscription; dated to 1 January 95.
Lines 11-17: Letter of Antiochus, strategus of the division of Polemon, to Pisis, enclosing the application of Cronion and Syrus for the purchase of land; dated to 25 December 94.
Lines 18-26: Application of Cronion and Syrus.
Line 27-end: Statement of Eutychus confirming that the land had been allocated for sale and was not part of the flooded land; with oath and date at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003677954 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1876 : Correspondence on the Sale of Minimally Productive Land (SB V 7599, TM 14031) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1719]/040-003677954
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Square-shaped papyrus sheet, imperfect on the left and with insect-holes throughout, especially along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 34 lines; upper and lower margins survive. No margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466670.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0095
- End Date:
- 0095
- Date Range:
- 25 May 95
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 250 x 254 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 310 x 320 mm.
Script: Various cursive hands. Lines 1-7: Thin cursive hand; end of line 7: different hand for the subscription; lines 8-26: small upright cursive hand; lines 26-end: cursive hand; perhaps another hand at the beginning of line 27.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt.
Provenance: Tebtynis, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1873-2016 from Ali Abd el Haj on 15 May 1911.
- Former External References:
- SB V 7599
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915 I (London: British Museum 1969), p. 475.
C. H. Roberts, T. C. Skeat, ‘A Sale of ΥΠΟΛΟΓΟΣ at Tebtunis in the reign of Domitian’, Aegyptus 13 (1933), pp. 455-471 with plate.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band V (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1934-1955), no. 7599.
T. Kruse, Der Königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung 1 (München- Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2002), pp. 485-491.
S. Alessandrì, Le vendite fiscali nell'Egitto Romano 1. Da Augusto a Domiziano (Bari: Edipuglia 2005), pp. 176-186.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2017), p. 197.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)