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Papyrus 180
- Record Id:
- 040-002104561
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00036a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123323.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 180
- Title:
- Tax Receipts (P.Lond. II 180, TM 11643)
- Scope & Content:
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Receipts acknowledging the grain taxes collected by two directors of the granary (sitologi) of the village of Neilopolis, Aurelius Melas and Philadelphos; the payments range from slightly over 4 to 25 artabas of grain and are credited to the village of Soknopaiou Nesos.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104561 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 180 : Tax Receipts (P.Lond. II 180, TM 11643) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0099]/040-002104561
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, with surface damage in the upper and lower portion; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Side and lower margins are preserved, the right being minimal; the blank space at the bottom measures 78 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123323.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0228
- End Date:
- 0228
- Date Range:
- 29 May 228
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 318 x 144 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 370 x 200 mm.
Script: Overall thin, large, rough cursive hand, with a slight slant to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), or Neilopolis (Tell el-Rusas), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 177-208 from L. Paul Philip on 26 March 1891.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 180
- 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. 404.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 94-95, no. 180.
E. M. Thompson, Facsimiles of ancient manuscripts, etc. : second series. New Palaeographical Society Series II, Vol. I, II (London: Oxford University Press 1913-1932), Plate 150.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 249.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), pp. 80-81.
D. Hobson, ‘Agricultural Land and Economic Life in Soknopaiou Nesos’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 21 (1984), pp. 89-109 (p. 103).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aurelius Melas, collector of grain taxes (sitologus) of Neilopolis, early 3rd century
Aurelius Philadelphos, collector of grain taxes (sitologus) of Neilopolis, early 3rd century - Places:
- Neilopolis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
Soknopaiou Nesos, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt