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Papyrus 706
- Record Id:
- 040-002105093
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003a4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147462750.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 706
- Title:
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Summons (P.Grenf. II 66, P.Lond. III 706 descr., TM 31939)
- Scope & Content:
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Order addressed to the chief of police (archephodus) of Philadelphia to send up two collectors of grain taxes at the petition of a district official, the katasporeus. With series of crosses as a line filler at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105093 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 706 : Summons (P.Grenf. II 66, P.Lond. III 706 descr., TM 31939) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0400]/040-002105093
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Slip of papyrus, complete but displaying few holes and surface damage; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are 4 lines, the last of which is occupied by the filler in a series of crosses. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147462750.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 64 x 213 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 120 x 270 mm.
Script: Proficient and neat upright cursive hand of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. 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 66
P.Lond. III 706 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. 538.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, New Classical Fragments and Other Greek and Latin Papyri (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1897), pp. 100-101, no. 66.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxvii, no. 706 descr.
U. Hagedorn, ‘Das Formular der Überstellungsbefehle im römischen Ägypten’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 16 (1979), pp. 61-74 (p. 64).
R. P. Salomons, Griechische Urkunden des Aegyptischen Museums zu Kairo2 (P. Cair. Preis.²) (Bruxelles: Association Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth 2014), p. 19.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)