1. Add MS 56489
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 56489
- Title:
- Receipt for payment (UPZ II 155, SB I 3937, TM 3556)
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript records the third in a series of payments to the royal fisc by the brothers Teos and Zminis (UPZ 2 153-4 record the first two, also on wooden tablets). The brothers had purchased an ibiotapheion, a priestly office, and half of a plot of land designated as dorea, all of which had ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 8 September 255 BC
- Extent:
- Narrow wood tablet with writing on both sides. The recto contains 16 lines of Greek and one line of a Demotic subscript summarizing the Greek. The verso contains three lines of Greek briefly recording the date and payment amount. The top of the piece of the wood was shaped into a point prior to writing and is referred to in several of the publications as ‘stela-shaped’.