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Papyrus 1953
- Record Id:
- 040-003678216
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104994843.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466879.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1953
- Title:
- Tax Receipts (P.Fam.Tebt. 39 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 39, TM 10750)
- Scope & Content:
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Three receipts acknowledging money payments made on account of taxes.
Lines 1-9: Receipt issued by the collector of money taxes of Tebtynis to Lysimachus alias Didymus (erroneously called 'son of Didymus') for money payments he made on account of taxes, also to the credit of Heracleia, daughter of Hermes, and Ninnarous, daughter of Orsenouphis. The accounting is for the month of Pachon. Dated in April or May 172.
Lines 10-13: Receipt issued by a collector of money taxes of Kerkesephis to Heracleia, daughter of Hermes, for a tax payment. Dated in August-September 170.
Line 14-end: Short receipt for a money payment made by Heracleia. Dated in April-May 172.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003678216 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1953 : Tax Receipts (P.Fam.Tebt. 39 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 39, TM 10750) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1746]/040-003678216
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, square-shaped, complete, with some insect holes at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 15 lines, complete with blank space between lines 9 and 10, and between lines 13 and 14. Margins survive. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466879.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0170
- End Date:
- 0172
- Date Range:
- 170-172
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 130 x 166 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 185 x 220 mm.
Script: Three rapid cursive hands, the second and third being untidy and irregular.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: 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. 39
Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 39 - 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. 136-138, no. 39.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), pp. 198-199.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)