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Papyrus 1038
- Record Id:
- 040-002104857
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001b9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143122536.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1038
- Title:
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Tax Receipts (P.Lond. III 1038, TM 38253)
- Scope & Content:
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Two receipts for payments in kind made on account of the grain tax, issued by the same official to two inhabitants of Hermopolis. The tenth indiction is mentioned. With docket on the back.
Column 1: Receipt acknowledging that Cosmas has paid 6 1/3 artabas of wheat.
Column 2: Receipt acknowledging that Athanasius has paid 3 1/3 artabas of wheat.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104857 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1038 : Tax Receipts (P.Lond. III 1038, TM 38253) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0996]/040-002104857
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus slip, complete and well preserved, with few small insect holes; written on both sides. On the front there are two columns of 5 lines each, complete, running across the fibres; on the back there is one line written along the fibres. All margins are extant; folding lines are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143122536.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 60 x 321 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 115 x 370 mm.
Script: Upright cursive hand of small size, compressed and uneven in places.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1038
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 246, no. 1038.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)