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Papyrus 175
- Record Id:
- 040-002104556
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000365
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470481.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 175
- Title:
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Miscellaneous Documents (P.Lond. II 175(a-e), TM 19957-19958, 25615, 28015-28016)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper left papyrus (A) (TM 25615): Portion of a tax-register, each entry including name of the tax-payer, extension of land in aruras and artabas of wheat paid.
Upper right papyrus (B) (TM 28015): Portion of a second-century land register. Unpublished.
Lower left fragment (C) (TM 19957): Fragment of a list of names of 46-47 AD, unpublished.
Fragment in the middle (D) (TM 19958): Fragment of a document dated in the reign of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180); unpublished.
Lower right fragment (E) (TM 28016): Fragment of an account, with sums in drachmas. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104556 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 175 : Miscellaneous Documents (P.Lond. II 175(a-e), TM 19957-19958, 25615, 28015-28016) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0094]/040-002104556
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Five papyrus fragments not belonging together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Upper left papyrus (A): Right-hand portion of a medium-brown papyrus, complete on the right and at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 17 lines; right and lower margins are extant. The back is blank.
Upper right papyrus (B): Right-hand portion of a medium-brown papyrus, complete at the top and on the right; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 11 lines; right and upper margins are extant. A sheet-join runs along the right edge. The back is blank.
Lower left fragment (C): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete on the left and at the top; written on one side along the fibres. The beginnings of 13 lines survive, as well as the left and lower margins. The back is blank.
Fragment in the middle (D): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, written on one side along the fibres. Portions of 12 lines survive, damaged in places. The back is blank.
Lower right fragment (E): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, written on one side along the fibres. Portions of 14 lines survive. The back is blank.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0000
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 1st century-2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 135 x 125 mm; B: 123 x 85 mm; C: 140 x 86 mm; D: 139 x 60 mm; E: 133 x 57 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 330 x 265 mm.
Script: Cursive hands.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt. B-D: Egypt. E: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: A: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt. B-D: Egypt. E: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. All 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 175(a)
P.Lond. II 175(b) descr.
P.Lond. II 175(c) descr.
P.Lond. II 175(d) descr.
P.Lond. II 175(e) 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
Frederic G. Kenyon, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, II (London: British Museum, 1898), pp. 119-20, no. 175(a).
B-E
Frederic G. Kenyon, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, II (London: British Museum, 1898), p. xvi, no. 175(b-e) descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Arsinoë, Egyptian Nome
- Places:
- Arsinoite nome (Fayum), Egypt
Karanis, Egypt