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Papyrus 996
- Record Id:
- 040-002105222
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000077
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464045.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 996
- Title:
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Receipt for Tax Payments (P.Lond. III 996, TM 22768)
- Scope & Content:
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Acknowledgment of payments of corn with freight costs and expenses for the ship of the monastery of the Metanoia made through Phoebammon. The names of two taxpayers and amounts stated in artabas are provided. With Phoebammon’s subscription at the end. Dated to 622-623, 637-638, or 652-653.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105222 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 996 : Receipt for Tax Payments (P.Lond. III 996, TM 22768) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0958]/040-002105222
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet with damage and gaps in its right half, but well preserved as to the rest; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 12 lines, some of which lack the endings. Margins are not wide. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464045.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0600
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 163 x 125 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 215 x 180 mm.
Script: Medium-sized, upright, cursive hand, with some elongated strokes; the subscription at the end is thicker and the ink has turned brown.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 996
- 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. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 248, no. 996.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 293.
E. R. Hardy, The Large Estates of Byzantine Egypt (New York: Columbia University Press 1931), p. 47.
R. Rémondon, ‘Le monastère alexandrin de la Métanoia était-il bénéficiaire du fisc ou à son service?’, in Studi in onore di Edoardo Volterra V (Milano: A. Giuffrè 1971), pp. 769-781 (pp. 770-771) = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 183.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), pp. 101-102.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 103.
J.-L. Fournet, J. Gascou, ‘Moines pachômiens et batellerie’, Études alexandrines 8 (Cairo: Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale 2002), pp. 23-45 (pp. 29-30).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)