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Papyrus 1284
- Record Id:
- 040-003616328
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102156046.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464914.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1284
- Title:
- Tax Receipts and Account (SB XXIV 16049-16050, P.Lond. III 1284(a-b) descr., TM 22869, 22871)
- Scope & Content:
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Left papyrus (A) (SB XXIV 16049, P.Lond. III 1284(a) descr., TM 22869): Two receipts issued for the same man, Aurelius Eutus, son of Didymus, for payments made in 257 and 258 on account of a tax called oktadrachmia. With traces of a preceding column.
Lines 1-7: Receipt for a payment of 8 drachmas; the last two lines, with a payment of 12 drachmas and the subscription, have been cancelled.
Lines 8-18: Receipt for three payments of 12 drachmas, and one payment of 8 drachmas, made on different days. With subscription of Aurelius Dionysius, councillor, at the end.
Right Papyrus (B) (SB XXIV 16049-16050, P.Lond. III 1284(a-b) descr., TM 22869, 22871): Fragmentary text of uncertain nature, presumably a tax payment or receipt of 280 drachmas, dated to 253-260. On the back there are remains of an account.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003616328 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1284 : Tax Receipts and Account (SB XXIV 16049-16050, P.Lond. III 1284(a-b) descr., TM 22869, 22871) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1584]/040-003616328
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
Left papyrus (A): Broken off on the right- and left-hand sides, damaged at the top, with small insect holes in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 18 lines, lacking the ends, with blank space of 15 mm between lines 7 and 8; traces of the preceding column are visible opposite lines 15-18. The upper margin survives to 10 mm, the lower measures 60 mm.
Right papyrus (B): Broken off on the sides, and complete at the top and bottom; written on both sides. The front bears the central portions of 7 lines written along the fibres; the upper margin measures 30 mm and the lower 50 mm. On the back, there are portions of 16 lines across the fibres, abraded in places, with a trace of another line at the bottom.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0253
- End Date:
- 0260
- Date Range:
- 253-260
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 202 x 83 mm: B: 133 x 42 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 255 x 205 mm.
Script: A: Upright and regular cursive hand; different cursive hand for the subscription at the end; B: Recto: Neat and skilled upright cursive hand. Verso: Regular cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: 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 1284(a) descr .
P.Lond. III 1284(b) descr.
SB XXIV 16049
SB XXIV 16050 - 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. 444.
A
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. lxxi, no. 1284(a) descr.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Two Papyri from the Reign of Valerianus and Gallienus’, Chronique d'Égypte 71 (1996), pp. 115-119 (pp. 115-118, no. 1 with pl. 1).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XXIV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2003), no. 16049.
G. Nachtergael, ‘Hans-Albert Rupprecht, unter Mitarbeit von Joachim Hengstl Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten’, Chronique d'Égypte 79 (2004), pp. 357-358 (p. 358) = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2017), p. 228.
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. lxxi, no. 1284(a) descr.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Two Papyri from the Reign of Valerianus and Gallienus’, Chronique d'Égypte 71 (1996), pp. 115-119 (pp. 118-119, no. 2, with pl. 2).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XXIV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2003), no. 16050.
R. Ziegler, ‘Bemerkungen zur Datierung dokumentarischer Papyri und Ostraka’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 114 (1996), pp. 157-161 (p. 161).
R. Ziegler, ‘Bemerkungen zur Datierung von Urkunden’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 125 (1999), pp. 211-214 (p. 212) = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 239.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)