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Papyrus 1299
- Record Id:
- 040-003534639
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101134100.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464956.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1299
- Title:
- Tax Receipt (SB XX 14455, P.Lond. III 1299 descr., TM 38457)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt acknowledging the payment of seven artabas and a half of wheat made by Petrus, son of Pinution, on account of the grain-tax (embole).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003534639 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1299 : Tax Receipt (SB XX 14455, P.Lond. III 1299 descr., TM 38457) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1500]/040-003534639
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, complete but with surface damage and few insect holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 5 lines, somewhat defaced, which occupy the upper half of the sheet. All margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 90 mm. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464956.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0599
- Date Range:
- 6th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 150 x 140 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 205 x 190 mm.
Script: Rough cursive hand of medium size; one addition above the line.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1299 descr.
SB XX 14455 - 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. 445.
Recto
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. lxxii, no. 1299 descr.
G. M. Parássoglou, ‘Nineteen Papyri from the British Library’, Hellenika 37 (1986), pp. 23-45 (pp. 32-33, no. 10, with pl.).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), p. , no. 14455.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 229.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aurelius Petrus, mid 6th century
- Places:
- Hermopolite nome, 15th Upper Egyptian nome, Egypt