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Papyrus 995
- Record Id:
- 040-002105223
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000078
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464032.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 995
- Title:
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Receipt for Tax Payments (P.Lond. III 995, TM 22765)
- Scope & Content:
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Acknowledgment of tax payments of corn with freight costs and expenses for the ship of the monastery of the Metanoia issued by Petrus. The names of the taxpayers and amounts stated in artabas are provided. With Petrus’ subscription at the end. Dated to 626-627, 641-642, or 656-657.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105223 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 995 : Receipt for Tax Payments (P.Lond. III 995, TM 22765) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0957]/040-002105223
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, of lighter colour at the top, damaged by holes in the middle and at the top; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 12 lines, which occupy slightly more than half of the sheet; line 12 is badly damaged. All margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 105 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464032.0x000001 (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: 270 x 120 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 320 x 170 mm.
Script: Medium-sized, upright, cursive hand; the subscription at the end is mutilated.
- 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 995
- 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), pp. 248-249, no. 995, with pl. 94.
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), p. 101.
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).
J.-L. Fournet, ‘Notes d’onomastique aphroditéenne: les théonymes païens dans l’anthroponymie (et la toponymie) d’époque chrétienne’, in D. Lauritzen, M. Tardieu (eds.), Le voyage des légendes. Hommages à Pierre Chuvin (Paris: CNRS Editions 2013), pp. 107-122 (p. 121).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)