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Papyrus 166
- Record Id:
- 040-002104547
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00035c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123141.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 166
- Title:
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Tax Receipt (P.Lond. II 166a, TM 11636), Certificate for Five-Day Work (P.Lond. II 166b, TM 11637), and Receipt (P.Lond. II 166c descr., TM 19953)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper papyrus (P.Lond. II 166a, TM 11636): A receipt acknowledging that Longinus, son of Heraclianus, has paid to Aurelius Melas, scribe of the tax collectors of Karanis, 12 drachmas. Dated to 13 September 219.
Lower papyrus on the left (P.Lond. II 166b, TM 11637): Certificate issued to Zosimus, son of Chaeremon, for the five-day work he performed on the embankments at Philadelphia. Dated to 12 May 186.
Lower papyrus on the right (P.Lond. II 166c descr., TM 19953): Receipt issued to Chaeremon, son of Petheus. Dated to 25 December 177. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104547 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 166 : Tax Receipt (P.Lond. II 166a, TM 11636), Certificate for Five-Day Work (P.Lond. II 166b, TM 11637), and Receipt (P.Lond. II 166c… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0085]/040-002104547
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Three papyri that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass case.
Upper papyrus (A): complete, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; torn along the upper and lower edges, with few small wormholes; slightly abraded in the left half. The text is complete and consists of 5 lines; all margins are extant.
Lower papyrus on the left (B): Square-shaped, complete and perfect; the text is complete (6 lines) and runs along the fibres on the front; the back is blank. All margins are extant.
Lower papyrus on the right (C): Complete, with surface damage throughout; the text (4 lines) is complete and runs along the fibres on one side; the back is blank; all margins are extant, the right being minimal.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123141.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0177
- End Date:
- 0219
- Date Range:
- 177-219
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 62 x 116 mm; B: 46 x 56 mm; C: 34 x 63 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 190 x 165 mm.
Script: A: Rapid cursive hand, with lines slightly slanting upwards; B: Upright cursive hand of small size; C: Thick and rapid cursive hand of small size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. C: Egypt.
Provenance: Origin: A: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. C: Egypt. The papyri were purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 139-176 from the Reverend Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) on 2 February 1891.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 166a
P.Lond. II 166b
P.Lond. II 166c descr. - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 401.
A:
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 116, no. 166a.
S. LR. Wallace, Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press 1938), p. 353.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 92.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), pp. 109-110.
B:
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 106, no. 166b.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 92.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘On the meaning of the word ΑФΥΛΙΣΜΟΣ’, Aegyptus 42 (1962), pp. 128-132 (pp. 130-131, and passim).
P. J. Sijpesteijn, Penthemeros-Certificates in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Lugdunum Batavorum: E.J. Brill 1964). pp. 32-33, p. 64, no. 173.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1969), p. 49.
C:
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xv, no. 166c descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)