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Papyrus 944
- Record Id:
- 040-003467822
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100088761191.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463846.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 944
- Title:
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Receipts (P.Lond. III 944, TM 22728)
- Scope & Content:
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Two receipts for different people, dated to different years.
Lines 1-3: Receipt acknowledging the payment of 16 drachmas made by Aurelius Chigas. Dated to 26 March 228.
Line 4-end: Tax receipt acknowledging the payment of 3 drachmas and 2 obols made by Theognostus alias Morus through the tax collector Aurelius Polydeuces on account of the annona. Dated to 10 February 233.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003467822 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 944 : Receipts (P.Lond. III 944, TM 22728) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0919]/040-003467822
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, complete and very well preserved, with only one small hole to the right; writing runs on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 9 lines, complete; the first 3 are broader. Between lines 3 and 4 there is little blank space. The text occupies less than the left-hand half of the sheet; all margins are extant, with the blank space to the right measuring 95 mm. A sheet-join runs across the fibres and along the height of the sheet in its middle. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463846.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0228
- End Date:
- 0233
- Date Range:
- 228-233
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 94 x 355 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 150 x 410 mm.
Script: Lines 1-3: Small cursive hand, with some detached letters. Line 4-end: Cursive hand of bigger size, somewhat rougher, overall upright.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. 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 944
- 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.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 53, no. 944.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 276.
S. LR. Wallace, Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press 1938), p. 155.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Theognostos Alias Moros and His Family’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 76 (1989), pp. 213-218 (p. 217, no. 14).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 134.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)