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Papyrus 476(A-B)
- Record Id:
- 040-002104847
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000190
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128402.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 476(A-B)
- Title:
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Census Declaration (SB XX 14309, P.Lond. II 476a, TM 14860), and Contract (P.Lond. II 476b descr., TM 19996)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper fragment (A):
Recto (SB XX 14309, P.Lond. II 476a, TM 14860): Census declaration, with the name of the declarant being lost. Dated to 89 or 105.
Verso: Few lines from the end of a document. Unpublished.
Lower fragment (B) (P.Lond. II 476b descr., TM 19996): Fragment of a document, presumably a lease, with date at the beginning, corresponding to 16 December 205. The Arsinoite nome is mentioned; the name of Geta was erased. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104847 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 476(A-B) : Census Declaration (SB XX 14309, P.Lond. II 476a, TM 14860), and Contract (P.Lond. II 476b descr., TM 19996) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0345]/040-002104847
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two fragments of papyrus sheets that do not belong together; housed in the same glass case.
Upper fragment (A): broken off at the top, bottom and left (front), with some abrasion and few insect holes; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears portions of 9 lines lacking the beginning, with traces of another line at the top. The back bears parts of 4 lines, the last of which is indented and separated by blank space from the other lines.
Lower fragment (B): Broken off at the bottom and at the sides; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The top of a column is preserved, with parts of 13 lines; one line was erased. The upper margin survives to 15 mm; the other margins are lost.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128402.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0105
- End Date:
- 0205
- Date Range:
- early 2nd century-early 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 50 x 89 mm; B: 68 x 42 mm. Housed in a glass case named Papyrus 476(A-B) measuring 180 x 140 mm.
Script: A: Recto: Square, upright uncial hand, mostly bilinear; Verso: Thin, upright cursive hand of small size. B: Small, upright uncial hand, overall bilinear, with serifs at the foot of uprights.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt. B: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: A: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt. B: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 465-481 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in 1894.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 476a
P.Lond. II 476b descr.
SB XX 14309 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1894-1899 (London: British Museum 1901), p. 497.
A
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 61, no. 476a.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 94.
R. S. Bagnall, ‘Notes on Egyptian Census Declarations, III’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 28 (1991), pp. 121-133 (pp. 124-125).
R. S. Bagnall, B. W. Frier, The Demography of Roman Egypt (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1994), p. 190.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), pp. 179-180, no. 14309.
G. Geraci, ‘Le dichiarazioni di nascita e di morte a Roma e nelle province’, Mélanges de l'école française de Rome 113-2 (2001), pp. 675-711 (p. 703).
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xli, no. 476b descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)