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Papyrus 203
- Record Id:
- 040-002104584
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000381
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123545.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 203
- Title:
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Account of Money Paid (P.Lond. II 203, TM 28022)
- Scope & Content:
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Record of the money paid by Gemella in various months on account of the tax on weavers; the payments are usually of four drachmas. Dated in the third year of an unnamed emperor.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104584 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 203 : Account of Money Paid (P.Lond. II 203, TM 28022) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0122]/040-002104584
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, almost square, with surface damage along the horizontal folds; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The text is complete, and consists of 9 lines; all margins are extant, the right and upper being minimal; in the lower edge, a trace of a letter is visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123545.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 2nd century-3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 120 x 99 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 174 x 140 mm.
Script: Rough hand of fair size, mostly detached.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: 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 203
- 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. 408.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 248-249, no. 203.
S. LR. Wallace, Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press 1938), pp. 193-202, 436 n. 24.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)