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Name Harpalus, 2nd century Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) Level [40] File

1. Papyrus 912

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 912
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Lond. III 912(a-b), TM 22710-22711)
Scope & Content:
Two poll-tax receipts acknowledging the payment of 20 drachmas and 10 obols as surcharges, the Arsinoite privileged rate, made by Harpalus, son of Onesimus and Soeris, grandson of Onesimus. Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 912(a), TM 22710): Receipt dated 23 July 149. The accounting is for the sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
149-154
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets, bearing writing on one side, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Complete; darker along two vertical folds; 6 lines, complete, with all margins extant.

Lower papyrus (B): Complete, with a few insect-holes; 6 lines, with all margins extant; no margin left to the right.

2. Papyrus 2420

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2420
Title:
Receipt for Transport-Fees (SB XII 10889, TM 14348)
Scope & Content:
Receipt addressed to the heads of the granary (sitologoi) of Philadelphia from Harpalus, son of Harpalus, donkey-driver, who acknowledges payment of grain as transport charges for the state wheat he transported to the harbour of Kerke. With subscription of Harpalus at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5 October 135
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, displaying a few small holes; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 20 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant, the right being minimal. Folding lines are still visible. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom along the right-hand edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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