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Papyrus 842
- Record Id:
- 040-003689096
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106219730.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469374.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 842
- Title:
- Lease of Pasturage (P.Lond. III 842, TM 11795)
- Scope & Content:
- One-year lease of pasturage in a plain having the lands of the village of Herakleia on the north and of the village of Apias on the south, with canals on the east and west sides; the lessors are seven village elders and the lessee Apynchis, son of Apynchis, a shepherd. The lessors acknowledge receipt of payment. With subscriptions of three of the village elders and date at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003689096 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 842 : Lease of Pasturage (P.Lond. III 842, TM 11795) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1814]/040-003689096
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, complete, with surface damage and holes in the lower left corner and further damage along the vertical folds; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 25 lines running along the fibres, with blank space between lines 7 and 8, and lines 24 and 25. Margins are extant, the right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469374.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0140
- End Date:
- 0140
- Date Range:
- 30 September 140
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 220 x 150 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 270 x 205 mm.
Script: Thin, rapid cursive hand; three hands for the subscriptions in lines 19-24.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Apias, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 835-878 by the executors of William Joseph Myers, F. S. A., (b. 1858, d. 1899) through R. Taylor in 1900.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 842
- 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. 440.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 141, no. 842.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 282.
S. LR. Wallace, Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press 1938), p. 72.
D. W. Hobson, ‘The Village of Apias in the Arsinoite Nome’, Aegyptus 62 (1982), pp. 80-123 (p. 82).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)