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Papyrus 2196
- Record Id:
- 040-003609255
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100107798988.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467385.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2196
- Title:
- Census Return (SB VI 9572, TM 14267)
- Scope & Content:
- Portion of a census declaration addressed to the registrar of the village of Kerkeesis by Cronion son of Haryotes, a mason, aged 52, who registers himself, his two sons, aged 3 and 1, his daughter, aged 11, his wife, aged 30, and his slaves.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003609255 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2196 : Census Return (SB VI 9572, TM 14267) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1575]/040-003609255
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and damaged along the right edge in the lower part; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 25 lines, with only scant traces of the last line. Upper and side margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467385.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0061
- End Date:
- 0062
- Date Range:
- August 61-62
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 198 x 95 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 255 x 145 mm.
Script: Cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Kerkeesis, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2103-2239 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in May 1920.
- Former External References:
- SB VI 9572
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1916-1920 (London: British Museum 1933), p. 373.
M. Hombert, C. Préaux, Recherches sur le recensement dans l’Égypte romaine (Lugduni Batavorum: E.J. Brill 1952), pp. 41, 173.
H. Braunert, ‘Zur Terminologie der Volkszählung im frühen römischen Ägypten’, Eos 48 (1956), pp. 53-66 (p. 66).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. BandVI (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1958), no. 9572.
R. A. Coles, ‘Four Papyri from the British Museum’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 52 (1966), pp. 129-137 (pp. 135-137, no. 4).
R. S. Bagnall, B. W. Frier, The Demography of Roman Egypt (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1994), pp. 184-185, no. 61-Ar-1.
M. Rolandi, ‘I mestieri artigiani nelle κατ΄ οἰκίαν ἀπογραφαί e nelle liste di popolazione dell'Egitto romano: aspetti e problemi’, Aegyptus 87 (2007), pp. 181-197 (pp. 186, 197).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)