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Papyrus 828(A-K)

Record Id:

040-002105220

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002104451

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000075

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147463575.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Papyrus 828(A-K)

Title:

Customs House Receipts (P.Customs 356, 480, 494, 373, 495, 496, 409, 277, 370, 498, TM 10650, 28548, 28552, 28529, 28553-28554, 28542, 10625, 28527, 28556)

Scope & Content:

Customs house receipts, acknoweldging payments made by individuals on the export of various goods while passing the gate of Bakchias and, in one case, of Karanis.

A (P.Customs 356, P.Fay. 167 descr., P.Lond. III 828a descr., TM 10650): Receipt acknowledging the payment of customs-dues by Pasion for exporting vetch on three donkeys. Dated to 12 November 211. With seal.

B (P.Customs 480, P.Fay. 169 descr., P.Lond. III 828b descr., TM 28548): Receipt acknowledging the payment of customs-dues by Sarapion for exporting vetch on two donkeys.

C (P.Customs 494, P.Fay. 172 descr., P.Lond. III 828c descr., TM 28552): Receipt acknowledging the payment of customs-dues by Chaeremon, on export of some good on one donkey. With seal.

D (P.Customs 373, P.Fay. 173 descr., P.Lond. III 828d descr., TM 28529): Receipt acknowledging the payment of customs-dues by Apollos for exporting vetch on one donkey.

E (P.Customs 495, P.Fay. 179 descr., P.Lond. III 828e descr., TM 28553): Receipt acknowledging the payment of customs-dues by Sarapion for exporting some product.

F (P.Customs 496, P.Fay. 181 descr., P.Lond. III 828f descr., TM 28554): Receipt acknowledging the payment of customs-dues by Paesis for exporting garlic on two donkeys.

G (P.Customs 409, P.Fay. 184 descr., P.Lond. III 828g descr., TM 28542): Receipt acknowledging the payment of customs-dues on ten donkeys transporting vetch and passing the gate of Karanis. Dated to 22 October 195 or 21 October 220 or 22 October 224.

H (P.Customs 277, P.Fay. 185 descr., P.Lond. III 828h descr., TM 10625): Receipt acknowledging the payment of customs-dues by Sarapion for exporting vetch on eleven donkeys.

I (P.Customs 370, P.Fay. 187 descr., P.Lond. III 828j descr., TM 28527): Receipt acknowledging the payment of customs-dues by Paesis for exporting vetch on three donkeys.

K (P.Customs 498, P.Fay. 188 descr., P.Lond. III 828k descr., TM 28556): Receipt acknowledging the payment of customs-dues by Hecysis for exporting vetch on two donkeys.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002104451
040-002105220

Is part of:

Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri

Papyrus 828(A-K) : Customs House Receipts (P.Customs 356, 480, 494, 373, 495, 496, 409, 277, 370, 498, TM 10650, 28548, 28552, 28529,…

Hierarchy:

032-002104451[1001]/040-002105220

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Ten small pieces of papyrus, written on one side, the back bearing modern annotations; those in red refer to the publication in P.Fay. The papyri are housed in the same glass frame.

A: Complete but abraded and damaged by holes; 6 lines written across the fibres and badly abraded; margins extant. The original seal survives.

B: Light-brown, broken off to the left and mutilated at the bottom; with surface damage throughout; 4 lines written along the fibres and lacking the beginnings.

C: Complete, but damaged by insect holes and abraded; 7 lines along the fibres, badly abraded; margins extant; with original seal.

D: Almost complete, lacking the upper right edge and damaged by holes and abrasion; 6 lines written along the lines, with a trace at the top.

E: Light-brown, lacking the mid portion and the bottom right corner; writing runs along the fibres; 2 lines complete and traces of 2 other lines, with further lines lost in between.

F: Broken off at the bottom and with surface damage; 3 lines and traces of another line, written along the fibres.

G: Lacking the lower right edge and damaged by holes and abrasion; 6 abraded lines written along the fibres.

H: Dark-brown, broken off at the left and with surface damage; 4 lines in poor condition, written along the fibres.

I: Light-brown, lacking part of the lower half and mutilated at the top; 5 lines written along the fibres; lower margin wide.

K: Light-brown, broken off at the top and bottom and abraded; with portions of 4 lines written along the fibres.

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

0100

End Date:

0299

Date Range:

2nd century-3rd century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Papyrus; Clay.

Dimensions: A: 42 x 43 mm; B: x mm; C: 48 x 32 mm; D: 50 x 33 mm; E: 50 x 47 mm; F: 21 x 54 mm; G: 39 x 32 mm; H: 23 x 33 mm; J: 60 x 45 mm; K: 18 x 39 mm. Framed in a glass case measuring 330 x 260 mm.

Script: Rapid cursive hands; those of A, C, F-H are thinner.

Custodial History:

Origin: A-F, H-K: Bakchias, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. G: Karanis Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome.

Provenance: Bakchias, meris of Herakleides, 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.Customs 277
P.Customs 356
P.Customs 370
P.Customs 373
P.Customs 409
P.Customs 480
P.Customs 494
P.Customs 495
P.Customs 496
P.Customs 498
P.Fay. 167 descr.
P.Fay. 169 descr.
P.Fay. 172 descr.
P.Fay. 173 descr.
P.Fay. 179 descr.
P.Fay. 181 descr.
P.Fay. 184 descr.
P.Fay. 185 descr.
P.Fay. 187 descr.
P.Fay. 188 descr.
P.Lond. III 828a descr.
P.Lond. III 828b descr.
P.Lond. III 828c descr.
P.Lond. III 828d descr.
P.Lond. III 828e descr.
P.Lond. III 828f descr.
P.Lond. III 828g descr.
P.Lond. III 828h descr.
P.Lond. III 828j descr.
P.Lond. III 828k descr.

Publications:

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), p. 298, no. 167 descr.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxviii, no. 828 a descr.

P. J. Sijpesteijn, Customs Duties in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Zutphen: Terra 1987), p. 163, no. 356, and passim, with pl. viii.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 73.

Fayûm towns and their papyri (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1900), p. 298, no. 169 descr.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxviii, no. 828 b descr.

P. J. Sijpesteijn, Customs Duties in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Zutphen: Terra 1987), p. 175, no. 480, and passim, with pl. xvi.

Fayûm towns and their papyri (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1900), p. 298, no. 172 descr.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxviii, no. 828 c descr.

P. J. Sijpesteijn, Customs Duties in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Zutphen: Terra 1987), p. 176, no. 494, and passim, with pl. xvi.

Fayûm towns and their papyri (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1900), p. 298, no. 173 descr.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxviii, no. 828 d descr.

P. J. Sijpesteijn, Customs Duties in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Zutphen: Terra 1987), p. 164, no. 373, and passim, with pl. ix.

Fayûm towns and their papyri (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1900), p. 298, no. 179 descr.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxviii, no. 828 e descr.

P. J. Sijpesteijn, Customs Duties in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Zutphen: Terra 1987), p. 176, no. 495, and passim, with pl. xvi.

Fayûm towns and their papyri (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1900), p. 298, no. 181 descr.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxviii, no. 828 f descr.

P. J. Sijpesteijn, Customs Duties in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Zutphen: Terra 1987), p. 177, no. 496, and passim, with pl. xvi.

Fayûm towns and their papyri (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1900), p. 298, no. 184 descr.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxviii, no. 828 g descr.

P. J. Sijpesteijn, Customs Duties in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Zutphen: Terra 1987), p. 167, no. 409.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2017), p. 86.

Fayûm towns and their papyri (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1900), p. 298, no. 185 descr.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxviii, no. 828 h descr.

P. J. Sijpesteijn, Customs Duties in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Zutphen: Terra 1987), p. 156, no. 277, and passim, with pl. v.

Fayûm towns and their papyri (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1900), p. 298, no. 187 descr.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxviii, no. 828 j descr.

P. J. Sijpesteijn, Customs Duties in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Zutphen: Terra 1987), p. 163, no. 370, and passim, with pl. viii.

Fayûm towns and their papyri (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1900), p. 298, no. 188 descr.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxviii, no. 828 k descr.

P. J. Sijpesteijn, Customs Duties in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Zutphen: Terra 1987), p. 177, no. 498, and passim, with pl. xvii.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Places:

Bakchias, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
Karanis, Egypt