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Papyrus 804
- Record Id:
- 040-002105194
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000050
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463472.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 804
- Title:
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Declaration of Sheep and Goats (SB XVI 12759, P.Oxy. II 354 descr., P.Lond. III 804 descr., TM 16290)
- Scope & Content:
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Return of 375 sheep and 100 goats for the current year, made by Heraclides, son of Heraclides, and addressed to Theon, head of a district (toparches).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105194 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 804 : Declaration of Sheep and Goats (SB XVI 12759, P.Oxy. II 354 descr., P.Lond. III 804 descr., TM 16290) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0872]/040-002105194
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragmentary papyrus sheet of light colour, broken off at the bottom and lacking part of its central portion. The text runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; there is one column with parts of 17 lines. Left and upper margins are partly preserved; irregular and minimal margin to the right. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463472.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0015
- End Date:
- 0015
- Date Range:
- 15
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 120 x 75 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 180 x 130 mm.
Script: Well-marked cursive hand of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: 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:
- P.Lond. III 804 descr.
P.Oxy. II 354 descr.
SB XVI 12759 - 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. 440.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri II (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1899), p. 310, no. 354 descr.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxxvi, no. 804 descr.
F. Oertel, Die Liturgie: Studien zur ptolemäischen und kaiserlichen Verwaltung Ägyptens (Leipzig: B. G. Teubner 1917), p. 163.
B. W. Jones, J. E. G. Whitehorne, Register of Oxyrhynchites 30 В.С.-A.D. 96 (Chico, Calif: Scholars Press 1983), n. 4889.
C. Balconi, ‘ΑΠΟΓΡΑΦΑΙ ΠΡΟΒΑΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΙΓΩΝ dell'età di Tiberio e Caligola’, Aegyptus 64 (1984), pp. 35-60 (pp. 49-51 and tav. 1).
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘P. Oxy. II 354: A Note’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 62 (1986), pp. 151-152.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XVI (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1988), pp. 363-364, no. 12759.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 292.
T. Kruse, Der Königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung (München- Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2002), pp. 219, 231.
Dokumentarische Texte der Berliner Papyrussammlung aus ptolemäischer und römischer Zeit zur Wiedereröffnung des Neuen Museums (BGU XX) (Berlin: De Gruyter 2014), p. 44.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)