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Papyrus 383
- Record Id:
- 040-002104756
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000055
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127251.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 383
- Title:
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Memorandum on Taxation and List of Names (P.Lond. III 383, TM 31216)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto: A short third-century document mentioning the 7th year and concerning taxation; it presumably refers to some allotments to be assigned to settlers at Antinoopolis.
Verso: Fragmentary list of names. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104756 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 383 : Memorandum on Taxation and List of Names (P.Lond. III 383, TM 31216) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0275]/040-002104756
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Slip cut from the bottom of a papyrus sheet, irregularly cut at the bottom, torn at the top and right (front); the surface on the front is overall well preserved; the back displays surface damage. Writing is on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. On the front there are four lines, complete, but damaged at the end. The back bears the ends of 7 lines. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127251.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 2nd century-3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 133 x 176 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 170 x 230 mm.
Script: Recto: Neat, regular and large upright cursive hand; Verso: Small and rapid cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Origin: Heptakomia, Egypt.
Provenance: 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 383
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), pp. 441-442.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 117, no. 383.
H. I. Bell, ‘Antinoopolis: A Hadrianic Foundation in Egypt’, The Journal of Roman Studies 30 (1940), pp. 133-147 (pp. 142-143).
D. P. Kehoe, Investment, Profit, and Tenancy: The Jurists and the Roman Agrarian Economy (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1997), p. 82, n. 9.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Antinoopolis, Egypt
Heptanomia, district of Egypt