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Papyrus 704
- Record Id:
- 040-002105091
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003a2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147462731.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 704
- Title:
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Tax Receipt (P.Grenf. II 60, P.Lond. III 704 descr., TM 11362)
- Scope & Content:
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Beginning of a receipt acknowledging the payment of 20 drachmas made by Polion, son of Paouetis, a weaver of Soknopaiou Nesos, on account of the taxes on weaving and on trade.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105091 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 704 : Tax Receipt (P.Grenf. II 60, P.Lond. III 704 descr., TM 11362) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0398]/040-002105091
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet of light colour, broken off at the bottom, with minor surface damage in the middle of the preserved portion; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 7 lines and traces of an additional line at the bottom; upper and left margin survive; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147462731.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0194
- End Date:
- 0194
- Date Range:
- February-March 194
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 53 x 84 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 105 x 135 mm.
Script: Small, thin and rapid cursive hand, sloping to the right.
- 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. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 688-731 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in November 1896.
- Former External References:
- P.Grenf. II 60
P.Lond. III 704 descr. - 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. 537.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, New Classical Fragments and Other Greek and Latin Papyri (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1897), p. 95, no. 60.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxvii, no. 704 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 189.
F. Reiter, Die Nomarchen des Arsinoites: Ein Beitrag zum Steuerwesen im römischen Ägypten (Paderborn: F. Schöningh 2004), p. 117, n. 31.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)