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Papyrus 1928
- Record Id:
- 040-003678429
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105273050.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466799.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1928
- Title:
- Tax Receipt (P.Fam.Tebt. 55 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 55, TM 10762)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt issued by the directors of the granary (sitologoi) of Tebtynis acknowledging the payment of 6 artabas of wheat made to the account of Aurelius Cronion, son of Artemidora, through Aurelius Philosarapis, son of Lysimachus, for the tax on cleruchs. Dated to 28 October, 7 or 17 November 224.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003678429 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1928 : Tax Receipt (P.Fam.Tebt. 55 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 55, TM 10762) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1764]/040-003678429
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Long and narrow papyrus sheet, medium-brown, darker in the middle, lacking the lower right corner, abraded in places and riddled with insect-holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 20 lines. Margins are extant, the lower being ample; no margin was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466799.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0224
- End Date:
- 0224
- Date Range:
- 224
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 300 x 87 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 360 x 140 mm.
Script: Proficient cursive hand.
- 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. 55
Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 55 - 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. 174-175, no. 55.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1969), p. 60.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Philosarapis, son of Lysimachus alias Didymus, 2nd half 2nd century-after 224
- 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).