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Papyrus 1083
- Record Id:
- 040-003573534
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101755469.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464281.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1083
- Title:
- Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 1083, TM 38294)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt acknowledging a money payment made by Petrus, of Hermopolis, on account of public taxes for the tenth indiction.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003573534 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1083 : Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 1083, TM 38294) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1563]/040-003573534
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus slip, medium-brown, with darker patches; complete but damaged along the left edge, with minor abrasion and few small holes at the top; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears 4 lines running against the fibres, complete; margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147464281.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0699
- Date Range:
- 6th century-7th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 95 x 300 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 150 x 350 mm.
Script: Thin, regular cursive hand; different cursive hands from line 3.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: 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 1083
- 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. 249, no. 1083.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 293.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 103.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Petrus, most admirable (thaumasiotatos), 6th century-7th century
- Places:
- Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt.