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Papyrus 1720(a-b)
- Record Id:
- 040-003437045
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100074406783.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123206.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1720(a-b)
- Title:
- Two Tax Receipts (P.Lond. V 1738, TM 19751; P.Lond. V 1751, TM 38854)
- Scope & Content:
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Left papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1738, TM 19751): Receipt for the public tax (demosia), poll-tax (diagraphon) and maintenance tax (dapane) paid by the soldier Menas, son of Sarapammon. The receipt is signed by a certain Athanasius.
Right papyrus (B) (P.Lond. V 1751, TM 38854): Receipt for the maintenance tax (dapane) paid by Menas, brother of Lucas. The receipt is signed by the notarius Ioannes. There are ink-traces on the verso.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003437045 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1720(a-b) : Two Tax Receipts (P.Lond. V 1738, TM 19751; P.Lond. V 1751, TM 38854) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0816]/040-003437045
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Two small sheets, written along the fibres. The left one (A) is broken off at the middle of the right side; it has writing on one side only and the seal at the bottom; the right one (B) is fully preserved; there are ink-traces on the verso. Mounted in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123206.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0600
- End Date:
- 0799
- Date Range:
- 7th century-8th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 82 x 98 mm; B: 54 x 61 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 130 x 220 mm.
Script: Rather small, cursive, minuscule hand. Cross-marks at the beginning.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome or Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome or Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1865, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1738
P.Lond. V 1751 - 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.
A:
Greek Papyri in the British Museum, vol. V, (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 202-203. no. 1738.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Vol. X (Leiden: Brill 1998), 107.
I.J. Poll, 'Korr.Tyche 201. P.Lond. V 1738’, Tyche 10 (1995) p. 249.
B. E. Nielsen, K. A. Worp, ‘New Papyri from the New York University Collection: IV’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 149 (2004), pp. 103-124 (p. 109).
Griechische Papyrusurkunden kleineren Formats Neuedition Pt. 5, Quittungen für die Getreidesteuer (Pap.Vind. 6), ed. C. Kreuzsaler. (Wien: Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2007), p. 192.
J. Gascou, ‘Reçu d'impôt pour le Prince des Croyants’, in D. Minutoli (ed.), Inediti offerti a Rosario Pintaudi per il suo 65° compleanno (Firenze: Gonnelli 2012), pp. 132-4, n. 27 (p. 132).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, vol. XIII (Leiden–Heidelberg: Brill 2017), 127.
B:
Greek papyri in the British Museum, vol. V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 210-211, no. 1751.
B. E. Nielsen, K. A. Worp, ‘New Papyri from the New York University Collection: IV’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 149 (2004), pp. 103-124 (p. 109).
N. Gonis, ‘Reconsidering Some Fiscal Documents from Early Islamic Egypt III’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 169 (2009), pp. 197-208, (p. 199-200).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, vol. 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)