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Papyrus 1656
- Record Id:
- 040-003719861
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110638282.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470265.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1656
- Title:
- Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1770, TM 19760)
- Scope & Content:
- Five-year lease of land, the name of the lessor being lost. The lessee is Apa Menas, from the village of Enseu. The rent is to be paid in full if the land is inundated, otherwise only one third of it will be paid; additional payments in kind shall be made. With subscriptions of Menas (written by someone else), of three witnesses and of the notary Menas; the endorsement is on the back. Dated 28 November-27 December 547 or 27 November-26 December 562.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003719861 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1656 : Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1770, TM 19760) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2010]/040-003719861
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and right, complete on the other sides; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 27 lines written along the fibres, lacking the ends; lower and left margins are extant. Folding lines are still visible. On the back, there is one line written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470265.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 255 x 145 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 305 x 190 mm.
Script: Proficient sloping cursive hand, rather thick; five hands for the subscriptions at the end and the endorsement on the back.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite nome, Egypt. 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:
- P.Lond. V 1770
- 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.
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum, 1917), pp. 228-9, no. 1770.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1958), p. 99.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1976), p. 65.
Johannes M. Diethart, Klaas A. Worp, Notarsunterschriften im byzantinischen Ägypten (Byz. Not.) (Wien: Hollinek, 1986), p. 69, no. 12.1.3, with plate 30.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1992), p. 193.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2009), p. 109.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)