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Papyrus 2452
- Record Id:
- 040-002105485
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00016c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124388.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2452
- Title:
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Receipt for Payment of Taxes (P.Oxy. XII 1442, TM 21845)
- Scope & Content:
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A receipt issued by Aurelius Triadelphus to Aurelia Maxima, daughter of Ammonius, who paid 36 drachmas for the ‘one drachma’-tax and the ‘two drachmas’-tax (taxes on land?).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105485 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2452 : Receipt for Payment of Taxes (P.Oxy. XII 1442, TM 21845) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1300]/040-002105485
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus lacking the lower part of its left margin, but fully preserved as to the rest; vertical folds are visible. The upper margin measures 20 mm, the lower survives to 41 mm, the left is approximately 23 mm and the right 10 mm. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124388.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0252
- End Date:
- 0252
- Date Range:
- 3 April 252
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 97 x 131 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 150 x 180 mm.
Script: Regular and clear upright hand, with a tendency to become more cursive towards the ends of the lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Ibion Chyseos, Oxyrhynchite nome.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 2435-2485 by the Egypt Exploration Society on 18 July 1922.
- Former External References:
- P.Oxy. XII 1442
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 365.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XII (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1916), pp. 115-117, no. 1442.
A. Gara, ‘Tre papiri dalla Collezione Michigan’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 35 (1979), pp. 115-127 (pp. 117-118).
T. Kruse, Der Königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung 1 (München- Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2002), p. 587.
Les Papyrus des Genève. Quatrième volume nos 147 – 205. Textes littéraires, semi-littéraires et documentaires (Genève: Bibliothèque de Genève 2010), p. 197.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aurelia Maxima, daughter of Ammonius, mid 3rd century
Aurelius Triadelphus, dekaprotos, mid 3rd century - Places:
- Ibion Chyseos, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt
Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt