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Papyrus 749
- Record Id:
- 040-002105138
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003cf
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147462993.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 749
- Title:
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Letter from a Strategus about Tax Farming (P.Oxy. I 44, P.Lond. III 749 descr., Chrest.Wilck. 275, Sel.Pap. II 420, TM 20706)
- Scope & Content:
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Letter from Papiscus, strategus of the Oxyrhynchite nome, to Asclepiades, royal scribe (basilikos grammateus) of the same nome, informing him on the state of affairs with regards to tax farming. Because of the difficulty to find persons willing to undertake the farming of certain taxes, Papiscus wrote to the prefect, who suggested to examine the current terms and try to lighten the burden of farmers.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105138 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 749 : Letter from a Strategus about Tax Farming (P.Oxy. I 44, P.Lond. III 749 descr., Chrest.Wilck. 275, Sel.Pap. II 420, TM 20706) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0768]/040-002105138
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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A papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres, somewhat damaged at the top and broken off at the bottom. A word was deleted in the text. Number 44 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147462993.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 66
- End Date:
- 70
- Date Range:
- 66-70
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 175 x 145 mm. Housed in one glass case measuring 220 x 190 mm.
Script: Fine semi-cursive hand of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 739-834 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in October 1900. Of these, papyri 739-814 form part of the discoveries made by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt on the site of the ancient Oxyrhynchus.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Wilck. 275
P.Lond. III 749 descr.
P.Oxy. I 44
Sel.Pap. II 420 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 438-439.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. I (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1898), pp. 100-101, no. 44.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. XXXI, no. 749 descr.
L. Mitteis, U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde I.2 (Leipzig-Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1912), pp. 324-325, no. 275.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 92.
A. S. Hunt, C. C. Edgar, Select Papyri II. Non-Literary Papyri (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 1934), pp. 571-573, no. 422.
A. C. Johnson, An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome II. Roman Egypt to the Reign of Diocletian (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1936), pp. 582-583, no. 333.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1964), p. 58.
D. Hagedorn, ‘Paniskos und Papiskos, Strategen des Oxyrhynchites?’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 75 (1988), pp. 153-154.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 177.
T. Kruse, Der königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung : Untersuchungen zur Verwaltungsgeschichte Ägyptens in der Zeit von Augustus bis Philippus Arabs (30 v. Chr.-245 n. Chr.) (München: K.G. Saur 2002), pp. 622-623, n. 1752, p. 1015-1016, n. 265.
F. Reiter, Die Nomarchen des Arsinoites : ein Beitrag zum Steuerwesen im römischen Ägypten (Paderborn: F. Schöningh 2004), p. 73, n. 25.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)