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Papyrus 1685
- Record Id:
- 040-003725847
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100112959907.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470322.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1685
- Title:
- Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1771, TM 36941)
- Scope & Content:
- Lease of land located in the Hermopolite nome, of the duration of more than one year; details on the rent are given. There follow the subscriptions of the lessee, written by someone else as he is illiterate, of three witnesses, and of the notary Apollos; the back bears the endorsement.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003725847 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1685 : Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1771, TM 36941) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2099]/040-003725847
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet with five detached scraps, broken off at the top, imperfect at the bottom, complete on the sides; with some surface damage; the writing runs on both sides. On the front, there are 17 lines written along the fibres; left and right margins are minimal. A sheet-join runs along the right edge. On the back, there is one line written along the fibres, the sheet having been rotated 90 degrees. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470322.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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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: 175 x 205 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 230 x 255 mm.
Script: Proficient, neat and regular sloping cursive hand; different hands for the subscriptions at the end.
- 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 1771
- 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. 230-1, no. 1771.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1958), p. 99.
Johannes M. Diethart, Klaas A. Worp, Notarsunterschriften im byzantinischen Ägypten (Byz. Not.) (Wien: Hollinek 1986), p. 59, Herm.1.6.2, with plate 22.
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.
Isabella Bonati, Il lessico dei vasi e dei contenitori greci nei papiri: Specimina per un repertorio lessicale degli angionimi greci (Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter, 2016), p. 202, and passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)