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Papyrus 1658
- Record Id:
- 040-003665678
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100103174674.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465918.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1658
- Title:
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Order to Pay (P.Lond. V 1669, TM 19690)
- Scope & Content:
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Order from two village headmen (protokometai) to Ioannes, a tax-official (hypodektes), to make a payment from the village treasury; with subscriptions of the village headmen at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003665678 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1658 : Order to Pay (P.Lond. V 1669, TM 19690) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1650]/040-003665678
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, medium-dark brown, with stains of ink at the bottom; complete but damaged by insect holes; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears nine lines running along the fibres and occupying the upper half of the sheet, with ample lower margin (160 mm). Margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465918.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0537
- End Date:
- 0537
- Date Range:
- 15 September 537 (?)
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 277 x 112 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 330 x 165 mm.
Script: Uneven and irregular cursive hand, thicker in places; different hand for the subscription at the end.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1669
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum V (London: British Museum 1917), pp. 36-37, no. 1669.
C. Zuckerman, Du village à l'empire: autour du registre fiscal d'Aphroditó (525/526) (Paris: Association des Amis du Centre d'Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance 2004), p. 43.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2017), p. 126.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)