3191. Papyrus 1122
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1122
- Title:
- Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 1122(a), TM 11759), and Private Letter (P.Lond. III 1122(b), TM 11053)
- Scope & Content:
- Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 1122(a), TM 11759): Customs house receipt for money payments made over various months at the gate of Soknopaiou Nesos. Dated to year 12 of the emperor Hadrian (127-128). Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. III 1122(b), TM 11053): Fragment of a document of which the date on...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 127-268
- Extent:
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Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, riddled with insect-holes, abraded in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back is blank. The front bears 11 lines.
Lower papyrus (B): Papyrus fragment, written on both sides; the front bears the beginnings of a few lines running along the fibres; the piece was cut out to host the text on the back, which includes 12 lines written across the fibres the other way up in relation to the front, with traces of another line at the bottom.