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Papyrus 109
- Record Id:
- 040-002104489
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000311
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 109
- Title:
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Tax Rolls (SB XIV 11704, P.Lond. I 109a, TM 27504, and P.Lond. I 109b, TM 28058)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragments of different rolls.
Papyrus 109A(1-5) (SB XIV 11704, P.Lond. I 109a, TM 27504): Fragments of the same tax roll as Papyrus 119. It contains a list of persons responsible for money taxes on land; rates are assessed per arura. Papyrus 109A(1-3) have been published; the rest in unpublished. Presumably dated after 143-144.
Papyrus 109B(1-6) (P.Lond. I 109b, TM 28058): Another register, presumably of taxes, of the mid-second century.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104489 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 109 : Tax Rolls (SB XIV 11704, P.Lond. I 109a, TM 27504, and P.Lond. I 109b, TM 28058) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0589]/040-002104489
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragments from different papyrus rolls, named Papyrus 109A and Papyrus 109B.
Papyrus 109A: Fragments of varying size from the same roll as Papyrus 119, written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in five glass frames, named Papyrus 109A(1), Papyrus 109A(2), Papyrus 109A(3), Papyrus 109A(4), and Papyrus 109A(5).
Papyrus 109A(1) houses one fragment which preserves the upper margin and part of the top of a column, with the first ten lines being better preserved. The sheet was numbered at the top.
Papyrus 109A(2): One fragment containing one column with ten lines and traces of another; blank space separates lines 9 and 10. The upper margin is preserved. The surface is abraded in places.
Papyrus 109A(3): Small fragment with the ends of five lines.
Papyrus 109A(4): Seven fragments of varying size, the largest preserving parts of six lines. The top left fragment has remains of seven lines, with traces of an additional one, some of which display corrections above the line.
Papyrus 109A(5): One small fragment with parts of seven lines.
Papyrus 109B(1-6): Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and mounted on cardboard in five glass cases, named Papyrus 109B(1), Papyrus 109B(2), Papyrus 109B(3), Papyrus 109B(4), and Papyrus 109B(5-6).
Papyrus 109B(1): Large fragment with smaller joining fragment, damaged by holes and lacking most of its right half. There are remains of three columns; only few ends of lines from the foot of column 1 remain; the bottom of column 2 is preserved; the third column is almost complete; numbered at the top.
Papyrus 109B(2): One sheet, almost complete, with few holes; stained in the lower half; it preserves one complete column and part of another; numbered at the top; two lines were rubbed off towards the end.
Papyrus 109B(3): Fragment of a sheet, broken off at the right and left, with one column; upper and lower margins extant. Numbered at the top.
Papyrus 109B(4): Joining fragments with portions of three columns; of the first only few line ends survive; the second lacks parts of the top and bottom; the third is the best preserved, but lacks some of the line endings.
Papyrus 109B(5-6): Thirteen fragments of varying size; the largest, located in the middle of the frame, contains parts of two columns, the intercolumn and the upper margin.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size; housed in 10 glass cases: Papyrus 109A(1), Papyrus 109A(2), Papyrus 109A(3), Papyrus 109A(4), Papyrus 109A(5), all measuring 420 x 280 mm; Papyrus 109B(1), measuring 390 x 435 mm; Papyrus 109B(2), measuring 420 x 275 mm; Papyrus 109B(3), measuring 345 x 160 mm; Papyrus 109B(4), measuring 420 x 445 mm; Papyrus 109B(5-6), measuring 410 x 535 mm.
Script: Large, thin and proficient cursive hands.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Diospolis Magna (Thebes East), 4th Upper Nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Diospolis Magna (Thebes East), 4th Upper Nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 107-111 from Selima Harris (b. 1830, d. 1885) in July 1872.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. I 109a
P.Lond. I 109b
SB XIV 11704 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1861-1875 (London: The Trustees of the British Museum 1877), p. 833.
109A:
Greek Papyri in the British Museum I (London: British Museum 1893), pp. 150-151, no. 109a.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), pp. 219, 222.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 92.
J. Shelton, ‘Notes on the Theban Tax Roll’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 13 (1976), pp. 63-69.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XIV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1983), pp. 248-250, no. 11704.
P. Heilporn, Thèbes et ses taxes: Recherches sur la fiscalité en Égypte romaine (Paris: De Boccard 2009), pp. 155-157.
R.-L. Chang, Un dossier fiscal hermopolitain d'époque romaine conservé à la Bibliothéque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg (Le Caire: Institut français d'Archéologie Orientale 2014), p. 43, n. 6.
K. A. Worp, ‘Town Quarters in Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Arab Egypt’, in P. A. Sijpesteijn, L. Sundelin, Papyrology And The History Of Early Islamic Egypt (Leiden-Boston: Brill 2004), pp. 207-227.
109B:
Greek Papyri in the British Museum I (London: British Museum 1893), pp. 151-157, no. 109b.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), pp. 222-225.
A. C. Johnson, An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome. Vol. II. Roman Egypt to the Reign of Diocletian (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1936), pp. 525-528, no. 323.
P. Heilporn, Thèbes et ses taxes: Recherches sur la fiscalité en Égypte romaine (Paris: De Boccard 2009), pp. 40, 184, 212, 2642-265, 297, 376.
A. Delattre, P. Heilporn (eds.), Et maintenant ce ne sont plus que des villages: Thèbes et sa région aux époques hellénistique, romaine et byzantine: actes du colloque tenu à Bruxelles les 2 et 3 décembre 2005 (Bruxelles: Association égyptologique Reine Elisabeth 2008), pp. 128-129, with pl. vii, fig. 1.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Dios Polis (Thebes East), Egypt
- Related Material:
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Papyrus 109A is from the same roll as Papyrus 119.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Papyrus 119