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Papyrus 1616(A-B)
- Record Id:
- 040-003797278
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100118576962.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470164.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1616(A-B)
- Title:
- Contract of Sale in Advance (P.Lond. V 1656, TM 33187) and Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1833 descr., TM 33196)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1656, TM 33187): Aurelius Apion acknowledges receipt of the price of more than 1000 double-jars (of wine) from Flavius Vitalianus, which he will deliver in the future; the endorsement is on the back.
Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. V 1833 descr., TM 33196): Fragment of a lease of land, with provisions as to the rent and payments to be made by the landlord.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003797278 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1616(A-B) : Contract of Sale in Advance (P.Lond. V 1656, TM 33187) and Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1833 descr., TM 33196) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2253]/040-003797278
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and right, and lacking the upper left corner; written on both sides along the fibres. The front bears portions of 12 lines; the upper margin is generous. On the back, there is the beginning of one line.
Lower papyrus (B): Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and top, complete on the sides; written on one side along the fibres. 9 lines survive on the front, the first and last are fragmentary. Side margins are minimal. The back is blank.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470164.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 137 x 134 mm; B: 80 x 143 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 185 mm.
Script: A: Fair-sized and neat cursive hand, with a slight slant to the right in places. B: Upright cursive hand, written with a thin pen.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: 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:
- P.Lond. V 1656
P.Lond. V 1833 - 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
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, V (London: British Museum, 1917), pp. 16-17, no. 1656.
Allard W. Mees, Organisationsformen römischer Töpfer-Manufakturen am Beispiel von Arezzo und Rheinzabern: unter Berücksichtigung von Papyri, Inschriften und Rechtsquellen (Bonn: Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums in Kommission bei R. Habelt, 2002), p. 370.
Jairus Banaji, Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity: Gold, Labour, and Aristocratic Dominance (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), p. 120.
B
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, V (London: British Museum, 1917), pp. 266-67, no. 1833 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, XIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2017), p. 127.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)