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Papyrus 1588 (A-B)
- Record Id:
- 040-002104539
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000342
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147621139.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1588 (A-B)
- Title:
- Miscellaneous Documents (TM 702617)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper papyrus (A) (TM 702617): Composite receipt for poll-tax (syntaximon) and other taxes shared by the community paid in eleven instalments over a period of about one year. The tax payer is Pausiris son of Panephrymis. A number was added in the top margin. Dated October 151-October 152.
Lower papyrus (B): Conclusion of a document listing individuals; the entries are arranged by date. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104539 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1588 (A-B) : Miscellaneous Documents (TM 702617) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0077]/040-002104539
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, with surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears 16 lines; margins are extant. A sheet-join runs from about 2-4 mm from the right edge. The back is blank.
Lower papyrus (B): Lower portion of a papyrus sheet, complete on the sides and at the bottom; with some surface damage; written on both sides. The front bears 15 lines from the bottom of a column, written along the fibres; on the back there is one word written across the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 132 x 145 mm; B: 144 x 136 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 330 x 205 mm.
Script: A: Four cursive hands; B: Cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B: Egypt.
Provenance: A: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B: Egypt. Both papyri were purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 311.
A
Nikolaos Gonis, 'Three Receipts from Soknopaiou Nesos', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 200 (2016), 411-19 (pp. 414-17, no. 2, with plate).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)