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Papyrus 1072
- Record Id:
- 040-003781167
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100115794845.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469750.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1072
- Title:
- Receipts for Rent (P.Lond. III 1072(a-d), TM 38286-9)
- Scope & Content:
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Receipts for rent issued by the Holy Church of Hermopolis through the administrator (pronoetes) Colluthus.
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 1072(a), TM 38286): Receipt for Enoch, possibly a fruit merchant, for the payment of 22 gold carats, ½ and ¼ as rent on land.
Second papyrus from top (B) (P.Lond. III 1072(b), TM 38287): Receipt for Victor, tow-worker, for the payment of 22 gold carats and ½ as rent on land he made on behalf of a group of heirs.
Third papyrus from top (C) (P.Lond. III 1072(c), TM 38288): Receipt for Pcylis for the payment of 7 gold carats and ½ as rent on land.
Lower papyrus (D) (P.Lond. III 1072(d), TM 38289): Receipt for Victor, a farmer, for the payment of 22 gold carats, ½ and ¼ as rent on land.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003781167 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1072 : Receipts for Rent (P.Lond. III 1072(a-d), TM 38286-9) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2200]/040-003781167
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Four papyrus slips that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown, complete, with some surface damage; written on one side across the fibres. 4 lines, complete; margins extant; back blank.
Second papyrus from top (B): Medium-brown, complete, with some surface damage; written on one side across the fibres. 4 lines, complete; margins extant; back blank.
Third papyrus from top (C): Medium-brown, imperfect at the bottom, with some surface damage; written on one side across the fibres. 4 lines, the last being damaged; back blank.
Lower papyrus (D): Medium-brown, complete, with some surface damage; written on one side across the fibres. 5 lines, complete; margins extant; back blank.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0600
- End Date:
- 0649
- Date Range:
- 1st half of 7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 50 x 166 mm; B: 50 x 165 mm; C: 44 x 128 mm; D: 49 x 122 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 310 x 215 mm.
Script: Overall upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1072(a)
P.Lond. III 1072(b)
P.Lond. III 1072(c)
P.Lond. III 1072(d) - 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. 441.
A
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. 274, no. 1072(a).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1992), p. 184.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995), p. 138.
Philip Venticinque, ‘Receipt from the Holy Church of God at Hermopolis’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, 48 (2011), 89-97.
B
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. 274, no. 1072(b).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter, 1922), p. 299.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1992), p. 184.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995), p. 138.
Philip Venticinque, ‘Receipt from the Holy Church of God at Hermopolis’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, 48 (2011), 89-97.
C
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. 274, no. 1072(c).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter, 1922), p. 299.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995), p. 138.
Philip Venticinque, ‘Receipt from the Holy Church of God at Hermopolis’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, 48 (2011), 89-97.
D
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), pp. 274-75, no. 1072(d).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1992), p. 184.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995), p. 138.
Philip Venticinque, ‘Receipt from the Holy Church of God at Hermopolis’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, 48 (2011), 89-97.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Colluthus, administrator (pronoetes) of the Holy Church of God at Hermopolis, 7th century
- Places:
- Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt.
- Related Material:
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The papyri belong to the ‘Archive of the Holy Church of Hermopolis’ (TM Arch ID 597).