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Papyrus 822
- Record Id:
- 040-002105213
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00006a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463519.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 822
- Title:
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Receipt for Mason’s Tax (P.Fay. 44, P.Lond. III 822 descr., TM 10892)
- Scope & Content:
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Receipt issued by Apollonius, agent for Archias, to Onnophris, a mason, acknowledging the payment of the outstanding drachmas to be paid on account of the trade tax on masons. With date at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105213 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 822 : Receipt for Mason’s Tax (P.Fay. 44, P.Lond. III 822 descr., TM 10892) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0937]/040-002105213
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, complete, with surface damage located in the lower half; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column, complete, which occupies slightly more than half of the sheet. Side margins are minimal; the blank space at the bottom measures 60 mm. The modern annotation in red refers to the edition in P.Fay. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463519.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0006
- End Date:
- -0006
- Date Range:
- 13 June 6 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 165 x 63 mm; framed in a glass case measuring 220 x 115 mm.
Script: Unskilled and rough hand, irregular in size; lines diplay a slight tendency to incline downwards.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Theadelpheia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Theadelpheia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 739-834 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in October 1900.
- Former External References:
- P.Fay. 44
P.Lond. III 822 descr. - 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.
Fayûm towns and their papyri (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1900), pp. 167-169, no. 44.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxvii, no. 822 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 454.
S. LR. Wallace, Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press 1938), p. 205.
R. Ziegler, ‘Bemerkungen zur Datierung von Urkunden’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 125 (1999), pp. 211-214 (p. 214) = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 68.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Apollonius, agent for Archias; in Theadelpheia, 1st century BC
Onnophris, mason, 1st century BC - Places:
- Theadelpheia (Batn el-Harit), meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt