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Papyrus 2871
- Record Id:
- 040-004376375
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100167872255.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2871
- Title:
- Lease of a vineyard (TM 981865)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragment of a contract for the lease of a three-arura vineyard around the place of Aphous in the Hermopolite nome. The lessors are two sisters, Elisabet and Helladia, and the lessee is an individual, whose name is now lost, from the village of Magdola Mire in the Hermopolite nome.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-004376375 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2871 : Lease of a vineyard (TM 981865) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2406]/040-004376375
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium brown, well-preserved papyrus sheet, complete on the right but fragmentary at the bottom and on the left. The upper edge is irregular with the top margin possibly imperfect. Written on one side in 15 lines along the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard and housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0593
- End Date:
- 0593
- Date Range:
- 25 July - 12 August 0593
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 150 x 130 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 200 x 185 mm.
Script: Proficient and sloping cursive hand of the 6th century.
- Custodial History:
- Origin:
Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Probably purchased through the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) in 1901, 1903 or 1906. Accessioned by the British Museum in 1930.
- Publications:
- Federica Micucci, 'A Lease of a Vineyard from the Late Antique Hermopolite Nome (BL Papyrus 2871)', Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, 59 (2022), 185-93.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)