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Papyrus 860
- Record Id:
- 040-003471901
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100092871757.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463618.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 860
- Title:
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Tax Documents (P.Turner 31-32, P.Lond. III 860a descr., TM 13658-13659; SB XVIII 13869, P.Lond. III 860b descr., TM 27715)
- Scope & Content:
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Three tax documents on two papyrus sheets.
Left papyrus (A)
Recto (P.Turner 31, TM 13658): Report of the collectors of money taxes (praktores argyrikon) of Soknopaiou Nesos addressed to the strategus of the division of Herakleides with a list of tax-payers and money payments concerning the month of Mecheir. The payments range from 29 drachmas and 4 obols to 100 drachmas. Dated between 201 and 211.
Verso (P.Turner 32, TM 13659): Account of collections for the month of Epeiph, with a list of names and amounts stated in drachmas and ranging from 4 drachmas to 28. Dated between 201 and 211.
Right papyrus (B) (SB XVIII 13869, TM 27715): Lower portion of a tax document of the second or third century, listing payments for various months ranging from 16 to 24 drachmas.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003471901 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 860 : Tax Documents (P.Turner 31-32, P.Lond. III 860a descr., TM 13658-13659; SB XVIII 13869, P.Lond. III 860b descr., TM 27715) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1003]/040-003471901
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus sheets mounted in the same glass frame.
Left papyrus (A): Lacking the left portion (front), presumably cut off to host the text of the verso; and mutilated at the bottom; writing runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears the ends of 20 lines, with the last 4 lines written after a blank of 65 mm; upper and right margins survive. The back bears 31 complete lines, the last of which is abraded. Side margins are minimal, upper margin is extant and the lower margin is damaged.
Right papyrus (B): Broken off at the top, with small holes and minor surface damage in places; a strip of vertical fibres is missing on the back. Writing runs on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 8 lines from the bottom of a column; side margins survive; the blank space at the bottom measures 95 mm. There are ink stains in places.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 2nd century-3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 220 x 53 mm; B: 159 x 76 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 270 x 205 mm.
Script: A: Recto: Fluent cursive hand, somewhat irregular in size and uneven; Verso: Thin, medium-sized cursive hand, slightly slanting to the right. B: Lines 1-5: Rough and rapid cursive hand, with erasion; line 5-end: Rough cursive hand, thicker and in different ink.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B: Egypt.
Provenance: A: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Provenance: B: Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 835-872 by the executors of Major William Joseph Myers, F.S.A. (b. 1858, d. 1899), through R. Taylor.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 860a ro. descr.
P.Lond. III 860a vo. descr.
P.Lond. III 860b descr. - 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.
A
Recto
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xl, no. 860a ro. descr.
Papyri Greek and Egyptian Edited by Various Hands in Honour of Eric Gardner Turner on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday (P.Turner) (London: Egypt Exploration Society 1981), pp.139-144, no. 31, with pl. xiii.
Verso
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xl, no. 860a ro. descr.
Papyri Greek and Egyptian Edited by Various Hands in Honour of Eric Gardner Turner on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday (P.Turner) (London: Egypt Exploration Society 1981), pp. 139-146, no. 32, with pl. xiii.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 286.
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xli, no. 860b descr.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Two Tax Documents’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 58 (1985), pp. 81-82 (p. 82, with pl. ivb).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XVIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1993), p. 377, no. 13869.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)