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Papyrus 1674
- Record Id:
- 040-003797142
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100118247013.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470288.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1674
- Title:
- Lease of Land (SB XVIII 13587, TM 18395)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragment of a contract for a lease of land for a period of two years, the lessee being a farmer from a Hermopolite village, and the lessor being from Hermopolis. The tenant has the right to sow whatever crops he chooses. The rent is 19 carats.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003797142 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1674 : Lease of Land (SB XVIII 13587, TM 18395) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2247]/040-003797142
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Upper right corner of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, with a few holes; written on one side along the fibres. The ends of 12 lines from a top of a column survive; the back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470288.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0556
- End Date:
- 0557
- Date Range:
- 556-557
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 133 x 110 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 185 x 165 mm.
Script: Proficient sloping 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 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1873 descr.
SB XVIII 13587 - 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. 273-74, no. 1873 descr.
George M. Parássoglou, ‘Βυζαντινά μισθωτήρια γης’, Hellenika, 37 (1986), 69-82 (p. 82, no. 5).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten, XVIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1993), no. 13587.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995), p. 303.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)