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Collection ID: 0016 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

P.Penn. Museum inv.E16245 Lease of Land

Title

Lease of Land

Call number

P.Penn. Museum inv.E16245
(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Ellen W. Harrison Collection.)

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Language

English; Arabic; Coptic

Origin

9th-10th CE

Place: Egypt

Summary

Side 1: Contract for the lease of land. Side 2: Coptic papyrus of unknown specific content.

Notes

Upper left corner of what was probably a land contract. The left margin is broken at several places, with the loss of only a few letters; a 3 cm. wide margin has been left at the upper side. The right and lower sides are broken. The writing is blurred at in several places.
Identifier(s): upenn.apis.95.

Extent

9.7 x 6.7 cm

Support

Papyrus

Layout

Text is on both sides. Side 1: 3 lines written against the fibers, with top and left margin visible. Side 2: 7 lines written with the fibers, no margins visible.

Provenance

Purchased from Professor Bernhard Moritz of Cairo through W.M. Mueller, 1910.

Subjects topical

Documentary
Legal

Licenses

Text

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URL

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Text

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URL

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