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Papyrus 296
- Record Id:
- 040-002104669
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003e8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125673.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 296
- Title:
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Receipt for Dyke-Tax (P.Lond. II 296, TM 11679)
- Scope & Content:
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Receipt issued by the tax-collectors acknowledging that Stotoetis, son of Satabous, has paid 6 drachmas, 4 obols and surcharges for the maintenance of the embankments in Soknopaiou Nesos.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104669 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 296 : Receipt for Dyke-Tax (P.Lond. II 296, TM 11679) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0188]/040-002104669
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Complete papyrus sheet, damaged by a few holes of small size and occasionally lacking strips of horizontal fibres. The text runs along the fibres on one side, with the back blank, and is abraded at the end of the lines. Left, upper and lower margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 80 mm; no margin was left at the right. The papyrus was mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125673.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0160
- End Date:
- 0160
- Date Range:
- 5 December 160
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 152 x 121 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 205 x 170 mm.
Script: Rapid, upright cursive, compressed at the end of the lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, 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 296
- 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), p. 107, no. 296.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 110.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)