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Papyrus 213
- Record Id:
- 040-002104594
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00038b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123891.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 213
- Title:
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Account (P.Lond. II 213 ro. descr., TM 31214), and Official Letter (P.Lond. II 213 vo., Chrest.Wilck. 267, TM 31213)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (TM 31214): Third-century account. Unpublished.
Verso (TM 31213): Official letter of the late third century, with sender and recipient being lost; the sender requests a detailed report on the collection of taxes. The recipient and the sureties will be liable for any loss.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104594 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 213 : Account (P.Lond. II 213 ro. descr., TM 31214), and Official Letter (P.Lond. II 213 vo., Chrest.Wilck. 267, TM 31213) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0132]/040-002104594
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus fragment, with surface damage in places; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears portions of two columns, mutilated at the top and bottom and to one side: column 1 lacks the line beginnings, column 2 the line ends. The back preserves the foot of a column, of which 15 lines survive. Lower and side margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123891.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 134 x 113 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 180 x 160 mm.
Script: Recto: Professional, thin cursive hand sloping to the right. Verso: Medium-sized, upright cursive hand, somewhat irregular, with more cursive sequences of letters.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 211-215 from Colonel John Evans on 17 November 1891.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Wilck. 267
P.Lond. II 213 ro. descr.
P.Lond. II 213 vo. - 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. 410.
Recto
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xx, no. 213 ro. descr.
Verso
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 160-161, no. 213 vo.
U. Wilcken, ‘Papyrus-Urkunden’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 1 (1901), pp. 122-177 (p. 154).
U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. I.II (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), p. 317, no. 267.
U. Wilcken, ‘Neue Nachträge zu P. Lond. II’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 3 (1906), pp. 232-246 (pp. 242).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 256.
F. F. Abbott, A. C. Johnson, Municipal Administration in the Roman Empire (Princeton: Princeton University Press 1926), p. 569, n. 205.
A. C. Johnson, An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome. Vol. II. Roman Egypt to the Reign of Diocletian (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1936), pp. 589-590, no. 344.
S. LR. Wallace, Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press 1938), p. 473.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)