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Papyrus 376
- Record Id:
- 040-002104749
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000046
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468650.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 376
- Title:
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Official Report (P.Lond. II 376, TM 11742)
- Scope & Content:
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Didymus, appointed by Theodorus, the strategus of the division of Herakleides, for the census of the livestock in the division, reports that Ecysis, son of Horus, has nine camels and three foals.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104749 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 376 : Official Report (P.Lond. II 376, TM 11742) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0268]/040-002104749
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Square-shaped papyrus sheet, damaged by holes, especially on the left-hand side; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 15 lines, few of which are damaged at the beginning. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468650.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0160
- End Date:
- 0182
- Date Range:
- 14 February 159
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 104 x 96 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 155 x 155 mm.
Script: Rapid cursive hand, slightly uneven towards the end.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: 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 376
- 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. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 77-78, no. 376.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 247.
S. LR. Wallace, Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press 1938), p. 85.
P. R. Swarney, ‘Two Papyri in the Library of the McCormick Theological Seminary’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 5 (1968), pp. 107-120 (pp. 108-110).
T. Kruse, Der Königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung 1 (München- Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2002), pp. 201-203.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Didymus, in charge of the livestock census in the division of Herakleides, 2nd half of 2nd century
Ecysis, son of Horus, in Soknopaiou Nesos, 2nd half of 2nd century
Theodorus, strategus of the division of Herakleides, 2nd half of 2nd century - Places:
- Arsinoite nome (Fayum), Egypt