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Papyrus 119
- Record Id:
- 040-002104499
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00031b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058770318.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 119
- Title:
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Register of Contributors for Tax on Land (Geometria) (P. Lond. I 119, TM 20001)
- Scope & Content:
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Official register of contributors for the geometria, a tax on land, arranged according to districts and alphabetical order. Each entry would have contained the name of the individual, details concerning the property, the tax rate.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104499 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 119 : Register of Contributors for Tax on Land (Geometria) (P. Lond. I 119, TM 20001) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0037]/040-002104499
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragments from a long papyrus roll written on one side along the fibres. Most of the columns that survive are mutilated, but where it is preserved the writing is in good condition. A further portion of the text is to be found in Papyrus 109A (= SB XIV 11704). The fragments are mounted on cardboard in two glass frames; an additional glass frame contains unpublished fragments.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058770318.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0143
- End Date:
- 0144
- Date Range:
- 143-144
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
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Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: The height of the sheet is 345 mm. Framed in two glass cases numbered as Papyrus 119 (1) and Papyrus 119 (2), both measuring 505 x 1925 mm. An additional glass frame numbered as Papyrus 119 (3) measuring 295 x 435 mm contains unpublished fragments of various sizes.
Script: Bold and clear cursive.
- 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 from K. Morgan on 10 November 1884.
- Former External References:
- P. Lond. I 119
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1882-1887 (London: British Museum 1889), p. 328.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum I (London: British Museum 1893), pp. 140-149, no. 119.
U. Wilcken, Griechische Ostraka aus Aegypten und Nubien I (Leipzig-Berlin: Gieseke & Devrient 1899), pp. 203, 316.
S. L. Wallace, Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (Princeton: Princeton University Press 1938), pp. 50-52, 475 n. 56.
A. C. Johnson, Egypt and the Roman Empire (Ann Arbor: U. Michigan P. 1951), pp. 525-528.
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.
W. Clarysse, "The Financial Problems of the Beer-Seller Ameneus", Enchoria 16 (1988), pp. 11-21 (p. 16 n. 4).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), pp. 125-126.
P. Heilporn, Thèbes et ses taxes: Recherches sur la fiscalité en Égypte romaine (Paris: De Boccard 2009), pp. 155-157.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)