1. Papyrus 933
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 933
- Title:
- Receipt for Payment of Tax on Sale (P.Lond. III 933, Chrest.Wilck. 294, TM 11821)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt acknowledging the payment of the tax on sale, made to Apion, nomarch of the Arsinoite nome, through Anubion alias Syrion by Longinia Sarapias on account of an olive orchard she purchased near Philadelphia. In the date at the beginning, the name of Geta was erased.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 25 May 211
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet of light colour, with dark stains along the right edge, lacking the bottom left edge and with some surface damage in the left half. Writing runs on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. A strip of vertical fibres is visible in the left half of the sheet. There are 21 lines, the last 8 of which lack the beginning. Upper and right margins are extant, the right being minimal; the left margin survives up to line 14; the right portion of the lower margin remains. Vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
