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Papyrus 1602(A-B)
- Record Id:
- 040-003707142
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108704751.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100120697109.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1602(A-B)
- Title:
- Lease of Palm Grove (ZPE 208 (218) 173-5, no. 1, TM 765546), and Loan on Mortgage (P.Tebt. II 390 + BL I 428, Chrest.Mitt. 251, TM 13546)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper papyus (A) (TM 765546): Beginning of an offer to lease one and a half aruras of palm grove located in Ibion Eikosipentarouron for four years at a rent of 180 drachmas, two palm trees bearing fruit and one artaba of dates. Dated in 91.
Lower papyrus (B) (TM 13546): Beginning of an acknowledgment from three brothers, Pakebkis, Onnophris, and Sarapammon, priests of Tebtunis, of the receipt of a loan of 124 silver drachmas from Helena, daughter of Zoilus. Should the brothers fail to return the money at the agreed term, Helena will have the right to cultivate the land registered in the name of the priests. A fragment in the Bancroft Library, Berkeley, preserves the continuation of the text with the subscriptions and notice of registration at the end. The text was crossed out. Dated to 4 November 167.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003707142 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1602(A-B) : Lease of Palm Grove (ZPE 208 (218) 173-5, no. 1, TM 765546), and Loan on Mortgage (P.Tebt. II 390 + BL I 428, Chrest.Mitt. 251,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1890]/040-003707142
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Broken off at the bottom and left; damaged by insect holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 17 lines lacking the beginnings. The upper margin is extant, no margin was left to the right.
Lower papyrus (B): Upper portion of the same papyrus as a fragment now in the Bancroft Library, Berkeley; broken off at the bottom and left, damaged by insect holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 13 lines from the top of a column, lacking the beginnings. The text was crossed out. The upper margin is extant; no margin was left to the right.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100120697109.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0091
- End Date:
- 0167
- Date Range:
- 91-167
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 128 x 80 mm; B: 75 x 97 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 140 mm.
Script: Neat and proficient upright cursive hands.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Arsinoite nome, Egypt; B: Tebtynis (Umm el-Breigat), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: A: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B: Tebtynis (Umm el-Breigat), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Both papyri were 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:
- Chrest.Mitt. 251
- 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.
A
Nikolaos Gonis, ‘Five Documents from Roman Fayum’, in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 208 (218) 174-7, no. 1, with pl.
B
Bernard P. Grenfell, Arthur S. Hunt, and Edgar J. Goodspeed, The Tebtunis Papyri, Part II (London: H. Frowde 1907), pp. 246-7, no. 390.
Ludwig Mitteis, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. II Hälfte Chrestomathie (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner, 1912), pp. 286-7, no. 251.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter, 1922), pp. 428-9.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)