981. Papyrus 1152
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1152
- Title:
- Receipt for Tax Payment (P.Lond. III 1152, TM 22801)
- Scope & Content:
- Acknowledgment by Petrus of tax payment in corn with freight costs and expenses for the ship of the monastery of the Metanoia. The name of one taxpayer and the amount stated in artabas are provided. With Petrus’s subscription at the end. Dated to 632-633, 647-648, or 662-663.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 7th century
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, darker by patches, with few small holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 10 lines, complete; blank space was not filled in line 4. Margins are extant, although the right is damaged. There are two sheet-joins running across the fibres and along the height of the sheet in the left and in the right edges. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.