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Papyrus 330
- Record Id:
- 040-002104703
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00039a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143126561.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 330
- Title:
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Customs-House Receipt (P.Lond. II 330, TM 11711)
- Scope & Content:
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Receipt issued by Abuthas, collector of the tax for the protection of desert routes and transit for the Prosopite and Letopolite nomes, to Charias, of Dionysias, who has paid thirty-two drachmas drachmas for four camels.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104703 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 330 : Customs-House Receipt (P.Lond. II 330, TM 11711) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0222]/040-002104703
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Small, square papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. It is complete, although damaged by a few wormholes. The surface is damaged in places. The text is complete and consists of 9 lines; left, upper and lower margins are extant, and no margin was left at the right. Vertical folding lines are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143126561.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0164
- End Date:
- 0164
- Date Range:
- 13 May 164
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 85 x 90 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 135 x 140 mm.
Script: Thick, upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Prosopite and Letopolite nomes or Dionysias, 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 330
- 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. 433.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 87-88, no. 318.
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. 272-273.
A. E. Samuel, ‘Six Papyri from Hamilton College’, The Journal of Juristic Papyrology 13 (1961), pp. 33-51 (pp. 43-44).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 130.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Abuthas, collector of the tax for the maintenance of the desert guards, 2nd half of 2nd century
Charias, 2nd half of 2nd century - Places:
- Dionysias (Qasr Qarun), meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
Letopolite nome (2nd Lower Egyptian nome), Egypt
Prosopite nome (4th Lower Egyptian nome), Egypt