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Papyrus 477
- Record Id:
- 040-002104848
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000191
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128425.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 477
- Title:
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Receipt for Crown-Tax (P.Lond. II 477, TM 11756)
- Scope & Content:
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Receipt issued by Aurelius Menas, collector of the crown-tax at Bakchias, acknowledging that Horus, son of Heron, has paid twelve drachmas.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104848 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 477 : Receipt for Crown-Tax (P.Lond. II 477, TM 11756) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0346]/040-002104848
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, well preserved, although lacking the upper left edge and with slight damage along the folding lines. The text, which occupies less than half of the sheet, is complete and runs along the fibres on one side, with the back being blank. All margins are extant, the right being minimal. The blank space at the bottom measures 57 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128425.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0220
- End Date:
- 0221
- Date Range:
- 220-221
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 102 x 77 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 155 x 125 mm.
Script: Thick, proficient and rapid cursive hand of small size, with a slight slant to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Bakchias, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Bakchias, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 465-481 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in June 1894.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 477
- 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. 498.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 109, no. 477.
G. Nachtergael, ‘La fusion de Bakchias et d'Hèphaistias d'après les reçus de taxes de l'époque romaine’, in M. Capasso, S. Pernigotti (eds.), Studium atque urbanitas. Miscellanea in onore di Sergio Daris (Papyrologica Lupiensia 9) (Galatina: Congedo 2001), pp. 297-310.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)