1531. Papyrus 1925
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1925
- Title:
- Tax Receipt (P.Fam.Tebt. 46 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 46, TM 10755)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt acknowledging the tax payments made by Nilus, son of Patron, for various months over two years. The amounts paid vary from 2 drachmas and 2 obols to 8 drachmas. Written on the back of another document, recording sums of money (unpublished).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 195
- Extent:
- Papyrus, medium-dark brown, with surface damage and holes throughout; written on both sides. On the front there are the line-ends from one column running along the fibres; some of the lines are badly abraded; right and lower margins survive. Horizontal folds are visible. The papyrus was then cut to host the text on the back, which comprises 21 lines written across the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. Margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.