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Papyrus 305
- Record Id:
- 040-002104678
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000301
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125942.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 305
- Title:
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Receipt (SB XVIII 13257, P.Lond. II 305 descr., TM 14727)
- Scope & Content:
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A receipt acknowledging that Stotoetis, son of Horus, has paid the tax for the purchase of a donkey (telos onou), male, white and young, which he bought from Horion, son of Sarapion.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104678 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 305 : Receipt (SB XVIII 13257, P.Lond. II 305 descr., TM 14727) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0197]/040-002104678
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, complete, bearing writing on one side across the fibres, with the back blank. The surface is slightly damaged in the left portion. There are five complete lines, with a trace of ink at the top. The blank space at the bottom measures 30-34 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125942.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0145
- End Date:
- 0145
- Date Range:
- 1 April 145
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 77 x 110 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 125 x 155 mm.
Script: Rapid and uneven cursive of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Alexandrou Nesos, 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 305 descr.
SB XVIII 13257 - 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. 428.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xxix, no. 305 descr.
R. Pintaudi, ‘L’ attività degli esattori dell’ ἐπιστατεία ϰαὶ δεϰάτη del mercato di Alexandru Nesos’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 33 (1987), pp. 43-47 (p. 44).
A. Jördens, ‘Sozialstrukturen im Arbeitstierhandel des kaiserzeitlichen Ägypten’, Tyche. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 10 (1995), pp. 37-100 (p. 54, n. 74, and passim).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XVIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1993), p. 123, no. 13257.
N. Litinas, 'P.Lond. III 1128: Sale of a Donkey’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 124 (1999), pp. 195-204 (p. 201).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 224.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)