OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

10.6 x 6.8 cm.

Lines:

11

Publication side:

Recto (Verso: blank)

Palaeographic description:

–

State of preservation:

–

Content

Date:

135 A.D.

Origin:

Heracleopolite

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Documentary

Author:

–

Title / Type of text:

Sale of Acacia-trees

Content:

–

Subjects:

Sale contract tree

Named people:

–

Named places:

–

English translation:

–

Provenance:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by Eitrem in Egypt 1920

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo II, 1931, 45

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.
  • On the price of wood and timber; see p. 145.
  • On the relative value of acacia trees depending on their condition at time of sale, comparing SB XXII 15637; see pp. 141–142.