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Papyrus 844
- Record Id:
- 040-003464581
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100087754533.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463597.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 844
- Title:
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Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 844, TM 11797)
- Scope & Content:
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A composite receipt for poll tax and other taxes paid in instalments to Horus and the other tax collectors of Soknopaiou Nesos, the taxpayer being Stotoetis, son of Stotoetis.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003464581 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 844 : Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 844, TM 11797) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0898]/040-003464581
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, complete but torn along the left edge; slightly abraded in places and with few wormholes along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 9 lines, complete, the last written in the lower margin and separated by blank space from the rest of the text. Upper margin is extant, lower and right margins are minimal; the left margin partly survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463597.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0174
- End Date:
- 0174
- Date Range:
- 5 November 174
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 169 x 78 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 220 x 130 mm.
Script: Cursive, sloping hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 835-878 by the executors of William Joseph Myers, F. S. A., (b. 1858, d. 1899) through R. Taylor in 1900.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 844
- 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. 440.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 54-55, no. 844.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 276.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 192.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 94.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 102.
N. Gonis, ‘Three Receipts from Soknopaiou Nesos’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 200 (2016), pp. 411-418 (p. 415).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)