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Papyrus 297
- Record Id:
- 040-002104670
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0002b9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125709.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 297
- Title:
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Extract from a Census Register (P.Lond. II 297a descr., TM 19979 - under publication), and Payment of Sales-Tax (P.Lond. II 297b, TM 19980)
- Scope & Content:
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Left fragment (P.Lond. II 297a descr., TM 19979): Extract from census registers of 89-90; under publication.
Right fragment (P.Lond. II 297b, TM 19980): Ptollas, son of Heron, has paid the sales-tax on account of Statilius Apion and Valerius Apollonius, nomarchs, through two intermediaries, for the half share of a house located in the village of Philoteris, in the meris of Themistos. With red stamp on the back. Dated to 22 December 119.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104670 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 297 : Extract from a Census Register (P.Lond. II 297a descr., TM 19979 - under publication), and Payment of Sales-Tax (P.Lond. II 297b,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0189]/040-002104670
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together housed in one glass case.
Left fragment (A): Broken off at the bottom, with holes and surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. 12 lines survive.
Right fragment (B): Broken off at the bottom, damaged by holes; with writing on both sides along the fibres. On the front, a strip of vertical fibres is visible in the upper poriotn of the sheet. The back was rotated 90 degrees and contains one line and a red stamp. The front bears the top of a column, of which 10 lines survive.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125709.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 100 x 150 mm; B: 102 x 124 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 155 x 330 mm.
Script: A: Small and rapid cursive hand; B: Medium-sized, thin cursive hand, somewhat compressed at the ends of the lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: 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 297a descr.
P.Lond. II 297b - 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.
A
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xxviii, no. 297a descr.
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 110-111, no. 297b.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 252.
R. Ziegler, ‘Bemerkungen zur Datierung dokumentarischer Papyri und Ostraka’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 114 (1996), pp. 157-161 (p. 160).
F. Reiter, Die Nomarchen des Arsinoites: Ein Beitrag zum Steuerwesen im römischen Ägypten (Paderborn: F. Schöningh 2004), p. 24, n. 18.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)