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Papyrus 319
- Record Id:
- 040-002104692
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00034f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143126374.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 319
- Title:
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Receipt for Camel-Tax (P.Lond. II 319, TM 11699)
- Scope & Content:
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A receipt acknowledging that Pacysis, son of Horus, has paid 10 drachmas with surcharges to the tax collectors at Soknopaiou Nesou on account of the camel-tax.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104692 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 319 : Receipt for Camel-Tax (P.Lond. II 319, TM 11699) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0211]/040-002104692
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, complete, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. All margins are extant, the right being irregular and minimal; the blank space at the bottom measures 115 mm. A few horizontal fibres are missing in the lower part of the sheet. The text is complete and consists of 9 lines. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143126374.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0157
- End Date:
- 0157
- Date Range:
- 25 August 157
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 204 x 81 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 255 x 130 mm.
Script: Proficient upright cursive hand, with a tendency to become smaller and compressed at the ends 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 319
- 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. 430.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 80, no. 319.
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. 89-90.
R. W. Daniel, P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Remarks on the Camel-Tax in Roman Egypt’, Chronique d'Égypte 61 (1986), pp. 111-115.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)