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Papyrus 824
- Record Id:
- 040-002105215
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000070
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463546.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 824
- Title:
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Customs-House Receipts (P.Fay. 68, P.Lond. III 824a descr., TM 10915; P.Fay. 76a, P.Lond. III 824b descr., TM 10919)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper papyrus (A) (P.Fay. 68, P.Lond. III 824a descr., TM 10915): Receipt acknowledging the payment of the customs-dues on account of the tax for the protection of the desert routes on four camels passing the gate of Dionysias. Dated to 21 May 158.
Lower papyrus (B) (P.Fay. 76a, P.Lond. III 824b descr., TM 10919): End of a receipt acknowledging the payment of 2 obols and a half as customs-dues on a camel or donkey with a load of 5 artabas. Dated to 11 July 152.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105215 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 824 : Customs-House Receipts (P.Fay. 68, P.Lond. III 824a descr., TM 10915; P.Fay. 76a, P.Lond. III 824b descr., TM 10919) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0938]/040-002105215
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two small papyus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass case. The modern annotations refer to the edition in P.Fay.
Upper papyrus (A): Square-shaped sheet, complete, only lacking the bottom left edge and with minor surface damage in the lower half. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; there are 6 lines, complete, occupying slightly more than half of the sheet. Margins are minimal with the exception of the lower one.
Lower papyrus (B): Lower portion of a small sheet, broken off at the top, torn at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 5 complete lines and traces of another at the top. Only the side margins are extant, both being minimal; the lower margin is damaged, the upper margin is lost.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463546.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0152
- End Date:
- 0158
- Date Range:
- 152-158
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 63 x 53 mm; B: 55 x 65 mm. Framed in a glass case measuring 205 x 115 mm.
Script: A: Rapid cursive hand of small size, slightly uneven. B: Rapid cursive hand of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Dionysias, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B: Bakchias, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: A: Theadelpheia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B: Bakchias, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Both papyri were presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 739-834 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in October 1900.
- Former External References:
- P.Fay. 68
P.Fay. 76a
P.Lond. III 824a descr.
P.Lond. III 824b 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.
A
Fayûm towns and their papyri (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1900), pp. 200-201, no. 68.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxvii, no. 824a descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 130.
A. E. Samuel, ‘Six Papyri from Hamilton College’, The Journal of Juristic Papyrology 13 (1961), pp. 33-51 (p. 46).
P.J. Sijpesteijn, Customs Duties in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Zutphen: Terra 1987), p. 153, no. 228 = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 81.
B
Fayûm towns and their papyri (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1900), p. 204, no. 76a.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxviii, no. 824b descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 48.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)