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Papyrus 194
- Record Id:
- 040-002104575
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000378
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470647.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 194
- Title:
- Daybook of Grain Receipts (SB XIV 11426, P.Lond. II 194 ro., TM 25321), and Account (P.Lond. II 194 vo. descr., TM 25617)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (SB XIV 11426, P.Lond. II 194 ro., TM 25321): Portion of a late-first century register recording payments in kind concerning various Arsinoite villages, with names of the tax-payers followed by amounts of grain stated in artabas.
Verso (P.Lond. II 194 vo. descr., TM 25617): Accounts recording loans of money for various dates, with columns numbered at the top; unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104575 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 194 : Daybook of Grain Receipts (SB XIV 11426, P.Lond. II 194 ro., TM 25321), and Account (P.Lond. II 194 vo. descr., TM 25617) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0113]/040-002104575
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Portion of a papyrus roll, broken off on the sides and slightly torn at the top (front), with white residue and some surface damage; written on both sides. The front bears five columns running along the fibres, the first and last mutilated. Intercolumns, upper and lower margins survive. On the back, there are remains of several short columns, separated by blank space, written against the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0075
- End Date:
- 0099
- Date Range:
- late 1st century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 236 x 292 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 290 x 330 mm.
Script: Recto: Small cursive hand. Verso: Somewhat irregular hand, thin and slightly slanting, similar to that of Papyrus 193 verso.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: 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 194 ro. descr.
P.Lond. II 194 vo. descr.
SB XIV 11426 - 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. 407.
Recto
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 124-127, no. 194.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 253.
G. M. Parássoglou, ‘A Daybook of Grain Receipts’, Studia Papyrologica 14 (1975), pp. 85-102.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XIV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1983), no. 11426.
L. Capponi, ‘Le fonti storiche e i documenti sulle finanze dei Giudei in Egitto’, in L. Troiani, G. Zecchini (eds.), La cultura storica nei primi due secoli dell’impero romano (Roma: L’Erma di Bretschneider 2005), pp. 163-172 (p. 166).
Verso
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xviii, no. 194 vo.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Arsinoite nome (Fayum), Egypt