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Papyrus 346
- Record Id:
- 040-002104719
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003aa
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143126823.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 346
- Title:
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Receipts for Payments of Grain (P.Lond. II 346 a-c, TM 11725-11727)
- Scope & Content:
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Three receipts issued by Sarapion and the other directors of the granary (sitologi) of Neilopolis for the payments of three artabas of wheat made by two inhabitants of Soknopaiou Nesos.
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. II 346a, TM 11725): Receipt issued for Anchopis, son of Pabous, dated to 30 May 194.
Papyrus in the centre (B) (P.Lond. II 346b, TM 11726): Receipt issued for Sotas, dated to 3 June 194.
Lower papyrus (C) (P.Lond. II 346c, TM 11727): Receipt issued for Anchopis, son of Pabous, dated to 9 June 194.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104719 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 346 : Receipts for Payments of Grain (P.Lond. II 346 a-c, TM 11725-11727) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0238]/040-002104719
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Three papyrus sheets written on one side and with the back blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Complete, damaged by small holes; bearing 6 complete lines, written along the fibres. Margins are extant, with no margin having been left to the right.
Papyrus in the centre (B): Light-brown, square-shaped; almost complete, only lacking the bottom left corner; bearing 8 complete lines, written along the fibres.
Lower papyrus (C): Complete, light-brown along the left edge; bearing 5 complete lines, written across the fibres. Margins are extant, the upper and right being minimal.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143126823.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0194
- End Date:
- 0194
- Date Range:
- May-June 194
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 63 x 102 mm; B: 64 x 72 mm; C: 52 x 107 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 255 x 155 mm.
Script: Rapid cursive of small size, with lines inclining upwards.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Neilopolis (Tell el-Rusas), meris of Herakleides, 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 346a
P.Lond. II 346b
P.Lond. II 346c - 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. 436.
A
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 92, no. 346a, with pl. 75.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 249.
D. Hobson, ‘Agricultural Land and Economic Life in Soknopaiou Nesos’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 21 (1984), pp. 89-109 (p. 103).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 99.
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 92, no. 346b, with pl. 75.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 249.
D. Hobson, ‘Agricultural Land and Economic Life in Soknopaiou Nesos’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 21 (1984), pp. 89-109 (p. 103).
R. Ziegler, ‘Bemerkungen zur Datierung dokumentarischer Papyri und Ostraka’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 114 (1996), pp. 157-161 (p. 161).
C
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 92, no. 346c, with pl. 75.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 249.
D. Hobson, ‘Agricultural Land and Economic Life in Soknopaiou Nesos’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 21 (1984), pp. 89-109 (p. 103).
R. Ziegler, ‘Bemerkungen zur Datierung dokumentarischer Papyri und Ostraka’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 114 (1996), pp. 157-161 (p. 161).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anchopis, son of Pabous; of Soknopaiou Nesos, 2nd half of 2nd century
Sarapion, collector of grain taxes (sitologus) of Neilopolis, 2nd half of 2nd century
Sotas, 2nd half of 2nd century - Places:
- Arsinoite nome (Fayum), Egypt
Neilopolis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
Soknopaiou Nesos, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt