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Papyrus 915
- Record Id:
- 040-002058262
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001159.0x000284
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463696.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 915
- Title:
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Census Declaration (P.Lond. III 915, TM 22713)
- Scope & Content:
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Census declaration addressed to Cephalon, royal scribe of the Memphite nome, the declarant being Apollonius, son of Harphaesis alias Hephaestion and Thermouthis, aged 37. Apollonius registers himself and his five-year old child, Soterichus, whom he had from his ex-wife. He lives in rented property belonging to Sarapion, son of Sarapion. With imperial oath made by the declarant and subscription of the strategus Apollonius. With endorsement on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002058262 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 915 : Census Declaration (P.Lond. III 915, TM 22713) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0907]/040-002058262
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, slightly torn at the top, lacking the bottom, with few small wormholes located in the lower half; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears 45 lines, and the back has a two-line docket. Upper and left margins are preserved; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463696.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0160
- End Date:
- 0160
- Date Range:
- 25 July-28 August 160
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 303 x 68 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 360 x 120 mm.
Script: Small cursive hand; the first two lines are more cursive and compressed; the subscription at the end displays larger letters.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Memphis, Egypt.
Provenance: Memphis, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 915
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 26-28, no. 915.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 274.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Ein Hausbesitzer in Memphis’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 75 (1988) 255–256
Z. M. Packman, ‘Regnal Formulas in Document Date and in the Imperial Oath’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 91 (1992) pp. 61-76 (p. 68).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 181.
R. S. Bagnall, B. W. Frier, The Demography of Roman Egypt (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1994), pp. 246-247, no. 159-Me-1.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 132.
T. Kruse, Der Königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung 1 (München- Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2002), pp. 120-124.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)