1. Papyrus 855
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 855
- Title:
- Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 855(a), TM 11803), and Private Letter (P.Sarap. 86, TM 17108)
- Scope & Content:
- Left papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 855(a), TM 11803): Extract from the records of the collectors of grain taxes of the village of Apias, acknowledging payments in wheat and lentils made by the shepherd Apkouis (Akouis), son of Polion. Written in red ink and dated around 216. Right papyrus (B) (P.Sar...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 90-216
- Extent:
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Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Left papyrus (A): Medium-brown sheet, complete, damaged by abrasion and some insect holes; bearing writing on one side along the fibres. The front bears 9 lines; margins are extant. The back is blank.
Right papyrus (B): Medium-brown fragment, complete at the top, imperfect on the right and broken off on the other sides; bearing writing on one side along the fibres. The ends of 16 lines survive, with the upper margin. The back is blank. Another fragment of the same papyrus, which preserves the first letters of this column and the preceding column, is now in Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie, inventoried as P. G 87.
