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Papyrus 919(A-B)
- Record Id:
- 040-003464864
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100088111714.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463725.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 919(A-B)
- Title:
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Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 919a, TM 11814), and Census Declaration (P.Lond. III 919b, TM 22715)
- Scope & Content:
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Left papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 919a, TM 11814): Receipt acknowledging money payments made to Horus and the other tax collectors of Soknopaiou Nesos on account of the tax on pasture. Dated to 3 February 152.
Right papyrus (B) (P.Lond. III 919b, TM 22715): Census declaration by Tyrannus, who lives in rented property belonging to Isidorus; with oath. Dated to 174-175.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003464864 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 919(A-B) : Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 919a, TM 11814), and Census Declaration (P.Lond. III 919b, TM 22715) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0903]/040-003464864
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Left papyrus (A): Complete sheet, damaged by holes throughout and abraded in the left portion; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 11 lines; all margins are extant, the right being minimal.
Right papyrus (B): Sheet broken off at the top and bottom, with few holes; slightly abraded, especially in the right portion. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 16 lines, with traces of another line at the top. The left margin is extant; no margin was left to the right.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463725.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0152
- End Date:
- 0175
- Date Range:
- 152-175
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 105 x 175 mm; B: 132 x 73 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 190 x 220 mm.
Script: A: Thin, rapid cursive hand, irregular in size, sloping to the right; lines somewhat uneven. B: Rather small cursive hand, with a tendency for letters to become smaller and more cursive; the uprights display a slight slant to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Origin: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B: Memphis(?), Egypt.
Provenance: A: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome. B: Egypt. Both papyri were purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 919a
P.Lond. III 919b - 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. 441.
A
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 56, no. 919a.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 276.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 181.
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 28-29, no. 919b.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 274.
R. S. Bagnall, B. W. Frier, The Demography of Roman Egypt (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1994), p. 255.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Ein Hausbesitzer in Memphis’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 75 (1988), pp. 255-256 = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 132.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)