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Papyrus 1911
- Record Id:
- 040-003678126
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104848325.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470632.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1911
- Title:
- Land Survey and Tax Receipt (P.Fam.Tebt. 12 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 12, TM 10729)
- Scope & Content:
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Portions of a land survey (unpublished) on one side; on the other, receipt for payments in kind made to the directors of the granary of Tebtynis (sitologoi) on account of land-taxes by Heracleia on behalf of her father Hermes and a certain Ptolemas, son of Didas, vine-dresser.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003678126 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1911 : Land Survey and Tax Receipt (P.Fam.Tebt. 12 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 12, TM 10729) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1728]/040-003678126
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Long and narrow papyrus of poor quality, displaying holes and surface damage throughout; written on both sides. On one side, there are portions of 24 lines written along the fibres and lacking the ends; on the other side, there are 21 lines, complete, running across the fibres; margins are extant, the lower being ample. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470632.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0112
- End Date:
- 0112
- Date Range:
- 20 August 112
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 240 x 85 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 295 x 140 mm.
Script: Two cursive hands, one small and rapid, the other neat and upright.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Tebtynis, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Tebtynis, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt (?). Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1873-2016 from Ali Abd el Hari on 15 May 1911.
- Former External References:
- P.Fam.Tebt. 12
Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 12 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915 I (London: British Museum 1969), p. 475.
B. A. van Groningen, A Family Archive from Tebtunis (Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI) (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1950), pp. 38-40, no. 12.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 103.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1964), p. 47.
F. Mitthof, ‘Bemerkungen zur Datierung von Urkunden’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 132 (2000), pp. 223-224 (p. 223) = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 113.
R. Burnet, L'Égypte ancienne à travers les papyrus: vie quotidienne (Paris: Pygmalion 2003), pp. 125-126, no. 65.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Heracleia, 93-173
Hermes (Hermias), 50-120
Philosarapis, son of Lysimachus alias Didymus, 2nd half 2nd century-after 224
Ptolemas, vine-dresser, 1st half of 2nd century - Places:
- Tebtynis (Umm el-Breigat), Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Related Material:
- The papyrus belongs to the ‘Archive of Philosarapis son of Lysimachus alias Didymus’ (TM Arch ID 192).