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Papyrus 116(A-B)
- Record Id:
- 040-002104496
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000318
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143122625.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 116(A-B)
- Title:
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Tax Receipts (P.Lond. I 116a, Chrest.Wilck. 286, TM 11623; and P.Lond. I 116b, TM 38889)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper text on papyrus (P.Lond. I 116a, Chrest.Wilck. 286, TM 11623): Receipt for poll tax paid at the order of the amir Abdallah by the carpenter Theodorus. Dated to 14 December 645 or 705?
Lower text on parchment (P.Lond. I 116b, TM 38889): Seventh-century receipt for a tax payment made through Phoebammon.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104496 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 116(A-B) : Tax Receipts (P.Lond. I 116a, Chrest.Wilck. 286, TM 11623; and P.Lond. I 116b, TM 38889) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0034]/040-002104496
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two pieces that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
Upper piece (A): Small papyrus piece, complete, with writing on one side across the fibres; the back is blank. The text is complete and consists of six lines. All margins are extant.
Lower piece (B): Rectangular piece of parchment, with writing on one side, the back being blank. The text is complete and consists of three lines. All margins are extant.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143122625.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0600
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: A: Papyrus; B: Parchment.
Dimensions: A: 62 x 90 mm; B: 51 x 81 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 190 x 130 mm.
Script: Proficient cursive hands; A: thicker and bigger, with some of the uprights slightly slanting to the right; B: upright and small.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Presented by Reverend Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) on 11 May 1881.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Wilck. 286
P.Lond. I 116a
P.Lond. I 116b
Stud.Pap. VIII 739
Stud.Pap. VIII 740 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1887-1881 (London: British Museum 1882), p. 281.
116A
Greek Papyri in the British Museum I (London: British Museum 1893), pp. 221-222, no. 116A.
U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. I.II (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 337-338, no. 286.
C. Wessely, Studien zur Palaeographie und Papyruskunde VIII. Griechische Papyrusurkunden kleineren Formats (P.Kl. Form. II) (Leipzig: E. Avenarius 1908), no. 740.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1969), p. 49.
N. Gonis, ‘Five Tax Receipts from Early Islamic Egypt’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 143 (2003), pp. 149-157 (pp. 150, 154).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 100.
116B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum I (London: British Museum 1893), pp. 221-222, no. 116b.
C. Wessely, Studien zur Palaeographie und Papyruskunde VIII. Griechische Papyrusurkunden kleineren Formats (P.Kl. Form. II) (Leipzig: E. Avenarius 1908), no. 739.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 240.
N. Gonis, ‘Reconsidering Some Fiscal Documents from Early Islamic Egypt III’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 169 (2009), pp. 197-208 (p. 201, n. 27).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 100.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)