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Papyrus 1956
- Record Id:
- 040-003678170
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104962637.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466902.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1956
- Title:
- Indemnification for Back Rent (P.Fam.Tebt. 31 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 31, TM 10749)
- Scope & Content:
- As indemnification for the rent he owed for a period of at least twenty-eight years, Dios son of Doras agrees to relinquish the implements and leave the tavern with cellar he was renting, located in the real estate jointly belonging to Heraclides alias Valerius son of Heraclides, and another Heraclides alias Valerius son of Lysimachus; with endorsement on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003678170 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1956 : Indemnification for Back Rent (P.Fam.Tebt. 31 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 31, TM 10749) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1736]/040-003678170
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, medium brown, complete and overall well preserved, with surface damage along two vertical folds; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 12 lines written along the fibres in the upper half of the sheet; margins are extant, with more than half of the sheet being blank (135 mm). On the back, there is 1 line written along the fibres at the top. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466902.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0144
- End Date:
- 0144
- Date Range:
- 11 August 144
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 223x 158 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 215 mm.
Script: Recto: Untidy and hasty thin cursive hand, sloping to the right. Verso: Upright, thin cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Tebtynis, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt (?). Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1873-2016 from Ali Abd el Hari on 15 May 1911.
- Former External References:
- P.Fam.Tebt. 31
Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 31 - 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.
B. A. van Groningen, A Family Archive from Tebtunis (Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI) (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1950), pp. 122-124, no. 31.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 67.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 125.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)