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Papyrus 1138
- Record Id:
- 040-003881797
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121650465.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1138
- Title:
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Miscellaneous Documents (TM 23853, 33785 (under publication), 33786, 33787)
- Scope & Content:
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Lower left papyrus (C) (SB XX 15035, TM 23853): Beginning of an offer to lease a plot of land for the period of one year, dated 369.
Other papyri (A-B, D) (P.Lond. III 1138(a-b, d), TM 33785-33787): Fragments of Byzantine documents, all unpublished. A contains the beginning of a letter to a landlord from an estate manager (under publication); B contains a list of names; D an account.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003881797 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1138 : Miscellaneous Documents (TM 23853, 33785 (under publication), 33786, 33787) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2343]/040-003881797
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Four papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
Upper left papyrus (A): Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, with insect-holes; written on both sides along the fibres. The front bears 7 lines from the top of a column. The back bears traces of 2 lines.
Upper right papyrus (B): Lower portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, complete on the other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears 8 lines from the bottom of a column; the back is blank.
Lower left papyrus (C): Upper right corner of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres; the front bears the ends of 11 lines; upper and right margins are extant. The back is blank.
Lower right papyrus (D): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete but with a few insect holes; square-shaped; written on both sides. The front bears 7 lines written along the fibres, and the back 3 lines written along the fibres.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0499
- Date Range:
- 4th century-5th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 92 x 97 mm; B: 75 x 115 mm; C: 95 x 108 mm; D: 110 x 106 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 285 x 280 mm.
Script: Cursive hands.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite nome, Egypt. All papyri were 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 1138(a)
P.Lond. III 1138(b)
P.Lond. III 1138(c)
P.Lond. III 1138(d)
SB XX 15035 - 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-B, D
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. lix, no. 1138 descr.
C
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. lix, no. 1138(c) descr.
Pieter J. Sijpesteijn, ‘A Consular Dating of A.D. 369’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 79 (1989), 200.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten, XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, 1997), no. 15035.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Hermopolite nome, 15th Upper Egyptian nome, Egypt