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Papyrus 1318
- Record Id:
- 040-003948542
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124364130.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147621132.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1318
- Title:
- Lease of Land (P.Lond. III 1318(a), TM 38318)
- Scope & Content:
- Conclusion of a lease of land, apparently grain land; the rent is to be paid in the month of Epeiph and delivered to the lessor's house. The subscriptions of the lessee, of two witnesses and of the notary Hermes follow.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003948542 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1318 : Lease of Land (P.Lond. III 1318(a), TM 38318) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2397]/040-003948542
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Lower portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres. The back bears a few traces of ink. On the front, there are 11 lines from the foot of a column; lower and side margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame. The frame originally included another fragment, now mounted with Papyrus 1330 (A).
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147621132.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0525
- Date Range:
- Early 6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 152 x 171 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 395 x 225 mm.
Script: Compact, rounded cursive slightly sloping to the right; different hands for the subscriptions.
- 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 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1318(a)
- 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. 445.
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. lxxiii, no. 1318(a) descr.
Amin Benaissa, 'Late Antique Papyri from Hermopolis in the British Library II', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 219 (2021) 183–201 (pp. 183-85, no. 6, with plate).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)