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Papyrus 392
- Record Id:
- 040-002104765
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00006e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127329.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 392
- Title:
- Receipt for Tax on Land (P.Lond. II 392, TM 37004)
- Scope & Content:
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Alexas and Daniel, from the monastery of Leukogion, acknolwedge that they have received a payment for the tax on land from Heraclides. Written by Pecysis; with docket on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104765 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 392 : Receipt for Tax on Land (P.Lond. II 392, TM 37004) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0284]/040-002104765
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, square-shaped, torn at the top and in the middle and with loss of fibres on the back; written on both sides along the fibres, the back bearing one line. The front contains 10 lines; side and lower margins are preserved, the upper margin is damaged. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127329.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0621
- End Date:
- 0621
- Date Range:
- 10 March 621?
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 161 x 174 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 205 x 230 mm.
Script: Large and proficient cursive hand, sloping to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Herakleopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Herakleopolite 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 392
- 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. 442.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 332-333, no. 392.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 271.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 85.
F. Morelli, ‘Due sententiae arbitri e una famiglia di affaristi poco onesti’, in J. M. S. Cowey, B. Kramer (eds.), Paramone: Editionen und Aufsätze von Mitgliedern des Heidelberger Instituts für Papyrologie zwischen 1982 und 2004. Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 16 (München: K. G. Saur 2004), pp. 174-198 (pp. 180-183).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2017), p. 124.
N. Gonis, 'Abbreviations in Late Documents Resolved', Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 66 (2020), 346-58 (p. 348).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Heraclides, presbyteros, 1st half of 7th century
Pecysis, grammateus, 1st half of 7th century - Places:
- Herakleopolite nome, Egypt
- Related Material:
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The same Heraclides appears in Papyrus 391, a Dublin papyrus published as P.Dubl. 28, and a Vienna papyrus published as P.Paramone 16.