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Papyrus 1719(a-b)
- Record Id:
- 040-003432571
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100069853626.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123184.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1719(a-b)
- Title:
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Tax Receipts from the Archive of the Soldier Menas (P.Lond. V 1743, TM 38847, and P.Lond. V 1749, TM 38852)
- Scope & Content:
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Two receipts on account of different taxes from the archive of the soldier Menas.
Upper text, Papyrus 1719A (P.Lond. V 1743, TM 38847): Receipt issued for Raistos Palmatat for the payment of half solidus on account of money taxes (demosia), dated to 19 July (Epeiph 25) of a 9th indiction. Intermediary of the payment is the soldier Apa Menas.
Lower text, Papyrus 1719b (P.Lond. V 1749, TM 38852): Receipt issued for the soldier Apa Menas for the payment of 1 solidus on account of poll-tax (andrismos) of the 1st indiction. Victor signed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003432571 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1719(a-b) : Tax Receipts from the Archive of the Soldier Menas (P.Lond. V 1743, TM 38847, and P.Lond. V 1749, TM 38852) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0668]/040-003432571
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two small square papyrus sheets, fully preserved and with all margins extant. Writing runs along the fibres on the recto, the verso being blank. The lower part of each papyrus is folded and tied with a papyrus strip on which a clay seal is attached. Mounted in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0650
- End Date:
- 0750
- Date Range:
- 7th-8th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus; Clay.
Dimensions: Papyrus 1719A: 63 x 69 mm; Papyrus 1719B: 72 x 79 mm. Housed in one glass case measuring 215 x 130 mm.
Script: Fast cursive hands.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1743
P.Lond. V 1749 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
Papyrus 1719A
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), p. 206, no. 1743.
B. E. Nielsen, K. A. Worp, ‘New Papyri from the New York University Collection IV’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 149 (2004), pp. 103-112 (p. 109).
N. Gonis, ‘Reconsidering Some Fiscal Documents from Early Islamic Egypt III’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 169 (2009), pp. 197-208 (pp. 199-200).
J. Gascou, ‘Reçu d’impôt pour le Prince des Croyants’, in D. Minutoli (ed.), Inediti offerti a Rosario Pintaudi per il suo 65° compleanno (P.Pintaudi) (Firenze: Edizioni Gonnelli 2012), pp. 132-134 (p. 132).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden-Heidelberg: Brill 2017), p. 127.
Papyrus 1719B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), p. 209, no. 1749.
B. E. Nielsen, K. A. Worp, ‘New Papyri from the New York University Collection IV’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 149 (2004), pp. 103-112 (p. 109).
N. Gonis, ‘Reconsidering Some Fiscal Documents from Early Islamic Egypt III’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 169 (2009), pp. 197-208 (pp. 199-200).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden-Heidelberg: Brill 2017), p. 127.
Metadata provided by the 2018 Heidelberg Research Webinar on BL Greek Papyri, funded by the MWK Baden-Württemberg and taught by R. Ast and L. Berkes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)