OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

11 x 8 cm.

Lines:

22

Publication side:

Recto (Verso: blank)

Palaeographic description:

–

State of preservation:

–

Content

Date:

141/142 A.D.

Origin:

Probably village of Euhemeria, Themistou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Documentary

Author:

–

Title / Type of text:

Application for division of profits

Content:

–

Subjects:

Contract lease olive grove

Named people:

–

Named places:

–

English translation:

–

Provenance:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by Eitrem in Egypt 1920

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Eitrem S-Amudsen L, P.Oslo III, 1936, 136

Further Literature

Discussions

• Schram, V. (2023). L'arbre et le bois dans l'Égypte gréco-romaine. Association des Amis du Centre d'Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance. Asks whether the expression τήρησιν βλαστῶν καὶ δενδροκοπίας ll. 11–12 should be understood as a clause protecting against the pruning of trees, rather than referring to overseeing such an act, comparing P.Tebt. III 703, ll. 203–204; see p. 46.