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Papyrus 304
- Record Id:
- 040-002104677
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000300
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125839.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 304
- Title:
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Declaration of Camels (P.Lond. II 304, TM 11684)
- Scope & Content:
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A declaration addressed to Sarapion, royal scribe of the division of Herakleides in the Arsinoite nome, from Taoutis, daughter of Harpagathes, of Soknopaiou Nesos. The woman states that the five camels she had registered the previous year have been sold. Of these, three were purchased by Harpagathes, son of Satabous, and two from Satabous, son of Satabous. She has no other camels to report for the current year. Of the official docket at the end, only a few traces survive.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104677 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 304 : Declaration of Camels (P.Lond. II 304, TM 11684) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0196]/040-002104677
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, but well preserved as to the rest. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; one column of 21 lines survives; of the last line, only traces remain. The surface is slightly damaged in places. Horizontal folding lines are visible. Left and upper margins are extant; no margin was left at the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125839.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0144
- End Date:
- 0144
- Date Range:
- 31 January 144
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 145 x 80 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 200 x 125 mm.
Script: Thin and practised cursive hand, sloping to the right; occasionally 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 304
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), pp. 427-428.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 71-73, no. 304.
S. LR. Wallace, Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press 1938), p. 89.
A. Leone, Gli animali da trasporto nell'Egitto greco, romano e bizantino (Roma: Editrice Pontificio istituto biblico 1988), pp. 50, 68.
T. Kruse, Der Königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung 1 (München- Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2002), pp. 188, 194.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)