41. Papyrus 195(A-B)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 195(A-B)
- Title:
- Land Register (P.Lond. II 195 recto, TM 25496), and Accounts (P.Lond. II 195 verso descr., TM 91817)
- Scope & Content:
- Recto (TM 25496): First-century register of money taxes on various estates, with details of taxation incident on each type of parcel forming the estates. The land category is vineyard, but it includes garden land as well. Of the estates mentioned, one belongs to Marcus Antonius Pallas. Verso (T...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- Late 1st century-2nd century
- Extent:
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Two fragments from the same papyrus roll, bearing writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back; housed in two glass cases named Papyrus 195(A) and Papyrus 195(B).
Papyrus 195(A): Sheet of papyrus, imperfect at the top, and damaged by few small insect holes; occasionally stained and abraded on the back. The front preserves one column, with few letters of a preceding one; the text on the back is arranged in irregular columns of different lengths.
Papyrus 195(B): Fragment broken off at the top and left, with some surface damage; on the front there is one column lacking the beginning and traces of a second column; the lower margin is extant. On the back there are portions of few lines, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 100 mm.