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Papyrus 478
- Record Id:
- 040-002104849
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000192
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128440.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 478
- Title:
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Tax Receipt (P.Lond. II 478, TM 28055)
- Scope & Content:
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A receipt issued by Iulius Longinus and the other tax farmers acknowledging that the priest Stotoetis has paid 100 drachmas on account of the trade tax (cheironaxion) and another tax in Soknopaiou Nesos.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104849 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 478 : Tax Receipt (P.Lond. II 478, TM 28055) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0347]/040-002104849
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, complete but damaged by holes throughout, especially along the first vertical fold from the left; strips of horizontal fibres are missing in the upper part of the sheet. The text runs along the fibres and occupies a third of the sheet. All margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 155 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128440.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0160
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- Late 2nd century-3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 224 x 88 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 280 x 135 mm.
Script: Rough and rapid cursive hand, with a tendency for letters to become smaller at the end of the lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), 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 478
- 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), pp. 111-112, no. 478.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 252.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 62.
D. Hobson, ‘Receipt for χειρωνάξιον’, The Jounral of Juristic Papyrology 23 (1993), pp. 75-92 (p. 81 and passim).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)