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Papyrus 290
- Record Id:
- 040-002104663
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003e2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125412.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 290
- Title:
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Three Receipts for Grain Measured (P.Lond. II 290, TM 11674)
- Scope & Content:
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Three receipts issued by grain collectors (sitologi):
Lines 1-7: Receipt issued to Pecysis, son of Harpagathes, acknowledging the artabas of wheat that Castor and the other grain collectors (sitologi) of Apias have collected.
Lines 8-14: Receipt issued to Stotoetis, son of Harpagathes, acknowledging the artabas of wheat that Castor and the other sitologi of Apias have collected.
Line15-end: Receipt of Castor and the other sitologi, much defaced.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104663 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 290 : Three Receipts for Grain Measured (P.Lond. II 290, TM 11674) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0182]/040-002104663
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, damaged by holes throughout and defaced at the top and bottom. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; three texts of seven lines each are arranged in one column and are separated by blank space. All margins are extant, the right being minimal. Vertical and horizontal folding lines are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125412.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0085
- End Date:
- 0085
- Date Range:
- 20 July 85
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 222 x 100 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 280 x 150 mm.
Script: Small, rapid cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Apias, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 272-400 from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) on 11 April 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 290
- 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. 425.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 88-90, no. 290.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), pp. 248-249.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 80.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 176.
N. Reggiani, ‘Tax Collection and Grain Measures in Roman Egypt’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 63 (2017), pp. 59-88 (p. 78).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)