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Papyrus 316

Record Id:

040-002104689

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002104451

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00034c

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100143126303.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Papyrus 316

Title:

Certificate for Five-Day Work (P.Lond. II 316a, TM 11695), and Tax Receipts (P.Lond. II 316b-c, TM 11696-11697)

Scope & Content:

Three receipts, one for work performed on embankments and two for payment of customs dues.

Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. II 316a, TM 11695): Penthemeros-certificate, certificate for the requisite five-day work on the dykes, issued to Stotoetis, son of Apynchis, and dated to 26 July 153.

Lower left papyrus (B), (P.Lond. II 316b, TM 11696): Receipt acknowledging the payment of customs-dues by Pecysis on account of the tax for the protection of the desert routes on wine passing the gate of Soknopaiou Nesos. Dated to 6 September 154.

Lower right papyrus (C), (P.Lond. II 316c, TM 11697): Receipt acknowledging the payment of customs-dues by Herieus on account of the tax for the protection of the desert routes on one donkey passing the gate of Soknopaiou Nesos. Dated to 8 September 145.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002104451
040-002104689

Is part of:

Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri

Papyrus 316 : Certificate for Five-Day Work (P.Lond. II 316a, TM 11695), and Tax Receipts (P.Lond. II 316b-c, TM 11696-11697)

Hierarchy:

032-002104451[0208]/040-002104689

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Three papyrus sheets, square-shaped, written on one side, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass case.

Upper papyrus (A): Complete but with damage, especially in the centre; there are 8 lines, written along the fibres. All margins are extant, the right being minimal.

Lower left papyrus (B): Complete, with few small insect holes and minor surface damage; darker along the upper edge; there are 5 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant.

Lower right papyrus (C): Lacking the lower corners and with some surface damage; there are 7 lines written across the fibres. Side and upper margins are minimal, the lower is damaged.

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

0145

End Date:

0154

Date Range:

145-154

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Papyrus.

Dimensions: A: 78 x 76 mm; B: 53 x 61 mm; C: 75 x 72 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 230 x 200 mm.

Script: A: Lines 1-4: Thin and rapid cursive hand sloping to the right; lines 4-8: neat upright cursive hand; B: Somewhat rough upright cursive hand; C: Thick, rough upright hand, with some more cursive sequences of letters.

Custodial History:

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 316a
P.Lond. II 316b
P.Lond. II 316c

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 430.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 104, no. 316a.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 252.

P. J. Sijpesteijn, Penthemeros-Certificates in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Lugdunum Batavorum: E.J. Brill 1964). pp. 24-25, 49, no. 19.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 86-87, no. 316b.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 248.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 84.

P. J. Sijpesteijn, Customs Duties in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Zutphen: Terra 1987), p. 75, pp. 112-113, 152, no. 222.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 129.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 98.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 84, no. 316c.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 248.

P. J. Sijpesteijn, Customs Duties in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Zutphen: Terra 1987), pp. 21, 22, 110-111, 152, no. 196.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 177.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 129.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Places:

Soknopaiou Nesos, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt