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Papyrus 295
- Record Id:
- 040-002104668
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003e7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125648.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 295
- Title:
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Receipt of a Camel-Keeper (P.Lond. II 295, TM 11678)
- Scope & Content:
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Receipt issued by Papeeis, a camel-keeper of Dionysias, to Ptollis and the other grain collectors (sitologi) of the toparchy of Dionysias, on account of the camels used for transporting the grain from the granaries of the division to designated harbours.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104668 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 295 : Receipt of a Camel-Keeper (P.Lond. II 295, TM 11678) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0187]/040-002104668
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and somewhat damaged along some of the vertical folding lines; the lower part of the sheet is defaced. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Left and upper margins survive; no margin was left to the right, and the lower margin is lost. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125648.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0118
- End Date:
- 0139
- Date Range:
- 118 or 139
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 108 x 88 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 155 x 130 mm.
Script: Irregular, thin cursive hand, somewhat compressed at the end of the lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Dionysias, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Dionysias, meris of Themistos, 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 295
- 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. 426.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 99-100, no. 295.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 250.
S. LR. Wallace, Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press 1938), p. 42.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 129.
T. Derda, Ἀρσινοΐτης νομός. Administration of the Fayum under Roman Rule, Journal of Juristic Papyrology, Supplements 7 (Warsaw: Faculty of Law and Administration, Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Fundacja im. Rafała Taubenschlag 2006), pp. 123, 133, and passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)