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Papyrus 946
- Record Id:
- 040-003467828
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100088763886.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463855.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 946
- Title:
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Census Declaration (P.Lond. III 946, TM 22731)
- Scope & Content:
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Census declaration addressed to the scribes (grammateis) of Hermopolis. The declarant is Aurelius Theognostus alias Morus, son of Hermaeus alias Pathotes, who registers himself and his sister Aurelia Dioscorous, aged 44. With oath and subscriptions of Aurelius Theognostus and of Aurelius Apollonius and Aurelius Ammonion, who have the copies of the return.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003467828 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 946 : Census Declaration (P.Lond. III 946, TM 22731) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0920]/040-003467828
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, damaged by holes of big size regularly distributed in the upper half, which affect the text; smaller holes are to be found in the lower half, which shows minor abrasion as well. The text runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 23 lines, the last of which contains the motif of the crosses as a filler; many lines are mutilated. Left, upper and lower margins are extant, with the lower measuring 55 mm; the right margin is damaged. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0231
- End Date:
- 0231
- Date Range:
- 12 May 231
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 242 x 149 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 295 x 205 mm.
Script: Thin cursive hand for the body of the document; 3 hands for the subscriptions: lines 19-21: thick and rough, in darker ink; lines 21-24: small cursive hand; end of line 24: another small cursive hand, somewhat irregular in size.
- 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 946
- 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), pp. 31-32, no. 946.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 274.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 82.
M. Hombert, C. Préaux, 'Recherches sur le Recensement dans l’Égypte Romaine', in Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava (Lugduni Batavorum: E.J. Brill 1952), pp. 53-54, and passim.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 95.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 62.
P. J. Parsons, ‘M. Aurelius Zeno Januarius’, in D. H. Samuel, Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Papyrology (Toronto: Hakkert 1970), pp. 389-397 (pp. 389-390).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 87.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Theognostos Alias Moros and His Family’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 76 (1989), pp. 213-218 (pp. 214, 216-217, no. 11).
R. S. Bagnall, B. W. Frier, The Demography of Roman Egypt (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1994), pp. 300-301, no. 229-Hm-1.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 134.
B. E. Nielsen, ‘A Catalog of Duplicate Papyri', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 129 (2000), pp. 187-214 (p. 197).
A. Sarri, Material Aspects of Letter Writing in the Graeco-Roman World. c. 500 BC – c. AD 300 (Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter 2017), p. 303.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)