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Papyrus 1564
- Record Id:
- 040-003677870
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104531374.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147465737.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1564
- Title:
- Employment of Substitutes for Liturgic Office (P.Leit. 13, SB VIII 10205, TM 32160)
- Scope & Content:
- Beginning of a contract between Aurelius Modestus alias Olympus, collector of grain taxes, his colleague Melas, son of Melas, and Nepotianus, son of Theon. Modestus employs the two men for the collection of grain taxes in his own place, having paid them 350 silver drachmas for their salary, cost of paper and other expenses. The two men will be held responsible for the collection of the taxes and the writing of reports. Dated to 222-223, 226-227 or 242-243.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003677870 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1564 : Employment of Substitutes for Liturgic Office (P.Leit. 13, SB VIII 10205, TM 32160) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1716]/040-003677870
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with insect-holes and surface damage in places; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears 26 lines, with traces of another line at the bottom; upper and left margins are extant; no space was left free on the right. A sheet-join runs vertically along the left edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147465737.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0249
- Date Range:
- 1st half of 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 138 x 111 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 195 x 165 mm.
Script: Thin, rapid, sloping cursive hand of small size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite 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.Leit. 13
SB VIII 10205 - 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.
N. Lewis, ‘Leitourgia papyri; documents on compulsory public service in Egypt under Roman rule’, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 53 (1963), pp. 1-39 (pp. 27-29, no. 13, with pl.).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1967), no. 10205.
C. Drecoll, Die Liturgien im römischen Kaiserreich des 3. und 4. Jh. n. Chr: Untersuchung über Zugang, Inhalt und wirtschaftliche Bedeutung der öffentlichen Zwangsdienste in Ägypten und anderen Provinzen (Stuttgart: F. Steiner Verlag 1997), pp. 38, 333-334.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXXVII (London: Egypt Exploration Society 2012), no. 5107, 10-11 n., 23-24 n.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)