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Papyrus 1267(a-e)

Record Id:

040-003437027

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002104451

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100074404568.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100143122774.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Papyrus 1267(a-e)

Title:

Receipts for Work Performed for the Five-Day Dyke Corvée (P.Lond. III 1267a, TM 11789; SB XVI 12319, TM 14582), Receipts (SB XVIII 13954, TM 18327; SB XVIII 13955, TM 18335), and Oracle Question (SB XXVI 16506, TM 29263)

Scope & Content:

Top left papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 1267a, TM 11789): Receipt for work performed for the five-day dyke corvée on the dyke of the marshland of Psua of Soknopaiu Nesos for Sotas son of Apunchis. May 26 - Jun 24 218.

Top right papyrus (B) (P.Lond. III 1267b descr., SB XVIII 13955, TM 18335): Grain receipt issued by the granary officials of the village Neilopolis for Posis. Dated to 30 May 194.

Mid papyrus (C) (P.Lond. III 1267c descr., SB XVIII 13954, TM 18327): Receipt issued to Serenus, son of Serenus, for the payment of 4 drachmas for a tax on fodder. Dated to 23 April 174.

Bottom left papyrus (D) (P.Lond. III 1267d descr., SB XXVI 16506, PGM (2) II 76, TM 29263): Oracle question to the god Suxis (?) enquiring whether the person asking will be investigated by a high-ranking official (epistrategos). 2^nd century.

Bottom right papyrus (E) (P.Lond. III 1267e descr., SB XVI 12319, TM 14582): Receipt for work performed for the five-day dyke corvée at Karanis for Ptolemaeus. Dated to 6 August 152.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002104451
040-003437027

Is part of:

Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri

Papyrus 1267(a-e) : Receipts for Work Performed for the Five-Day Dyke Corvée (P.Lond. III 1267a, TM 11789; SB XVI 12319, TM 14582), Receipts (SB…

Hierarchy:

032-002104451[0807]/040-003437027

Container:

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

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

5 single sheets of different size cut out of papyrus rolls, written on one side only. Mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

0152

End Date:

0218

Date Range:

152-218

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Papyrus.

Dimensions:

A: 54 x 63 mm;

B: 63 x 57 mm;

C: 57 x 152 mm;

D: 51 x 67 mm;

E: 64 x 57mm

Mounted in a glass case measuring 305 x 205 mm.

Script: A-E: Fast cursive hands writing along the fibres. D is somewhat less cursive.

Custodial History:

Origin: A: Soknopaiou Nesos, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt; B: Neilopolis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite, Egypt; C-D Egypt; E: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.

Provenance: A: Soknopaiou Nesos, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt; B: Neilopolis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite, Egypt; C-D: Egypt; E: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Puchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.

Former External References:

P.Lond. III 1267a
P.Lond. III 1267b
P.Lond. III 1267c
P.Lond. III 1267d
P.Lond. III 1267e
PGM (2) 2 76
SB XVI 12319
SB XVIII 13954
SB XVIII 13955
SB XXVI 16506

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 443.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 60, no. 1267a.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: 1922), p. 276.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: Brill 1969), p. 55.

Papyri in Memory of P. J. Sijpesteijn (Oakville, Conn.: The American Society of Papyrologists 2007), p. 284 with note 3.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. LXX, no. 1267b descr.

W.H.M. Liesker, P.J. Sijpesteijn, “More Remarks on Some Imperial Titles in the Papyri. III,” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 63 (1986) pp. 281-290 (pp. 287-288).

Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Aegypten XVIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1993), no. 13955.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. LXX, no. 1267c descr.

W.H.M. Liesker, P.J. Sijpesteijn, “More Remarks on Some Imperial Titles in the Papyri. III.”, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 63 (1986) pp. 281-290 (pp. 285-286).

Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Aegypten XVIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1993), no. 13954.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. LXX, no. 1267d descr.

U. Wilcken, “Urkunden-Referat,” Archiv für Papyrusforschung 4 (1908) p. 559.

K. Preisendanz, Papyri Graecae Magicae II, (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1931 [Rp. Stuttgart: Teubner 1974]), no. 76.

Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Aegypten XXVI (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2006), no. 16506.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: Brill 1986), p. 91.

G. Nachtergael, [Review of] 'H.-A. Rupprecht and J. Hengstl, Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Aegypten. XXVI', Chronique d’Égypte 82 (2007), pp. 361-363 (p. 362).

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: Brill 2009), p. 104.

M.G.Assante, “Domande oracolari in greco: miglioramenti di lettura e riflessioni”, Analecta Papyrologica 16/17 (2004/2005), pp. 81-102 (pp. 89-90).

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden–Heidelberg: Brill 2017), p. 230.

Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. LXX, no. 1267e descr.

Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: Brill 1969), p. 55.

P. J. Sijpesteijn, K. A. Worp, “Six Dyke Certificates”, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, 16 (1979) pp. 131-135 (pp. 134-135).

Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Aegypten XVI (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1985–1988), no. 12319.

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)

Names:

Posis, late 2nd century
Ptolemaeus, mid 2nd century
Serenus, 2nd half 2nd century
Sotas, early 3rd century

Places:

Karanis, Egypt
Neilopolis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
Soknopaiou Nesos, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt