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Papyrus 312
- Record Id:
- 040-002104685
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000348
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143126241.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 312
- Title:
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Receipt for Rent on Sheep (P.Lond. II 312, TM 11691)
- Scope & Content:
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A receipt issued to Panephremmis, son of Herieus, who has paid 27 drachmas, 5 obols and 6 chalchi with surcharges in Soknopaiou Nesos on account of the rent on sheep.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104685 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 312 : Receipt for Rent on Sheep (P.Lond. II 312, TM 11691) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0204]/040-002104685
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Complete papyrus sheet, slightly damaged along the vertical folds and the left edge. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The text is complete. All margins are extant, the right being irregular and minimal. The blank space at the bottom measures 52-55 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143126241.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0147
- End Date:
- 0147
- Date Range:
- 30 March 147
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 126 x 94 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 180 x 140 mm.
Script: Thick and rapid cursive hand of small size, slightly uneven.
- 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 312
- 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. 429.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 80, no. 312.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 248.
S. LR. Wallace, Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press 1938), pp. 86-87.
D. H. Samuel, ‘Sheep Grazing on the Estate of Germanicus at Socnopaiou Nesos: A Note on P. Lond. 312 (II, p. 80)’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 33 (1979), pp. 227-228.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 176.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Panephremmis, mid 2nd century
- Places:
- Soknopaiou Nesos, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt