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Papyrus 1269
- Record Id:
- 040-003688002
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105832271.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464874.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1269
- Title:
- Tax Receipts (SB XX 15141-15142, P.Lond. III 1269(a-b) descr., TM 23898-23899)
- Scope & Content:
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Tax-receipts acknowledging payments made by or for Batrachus, slave of Achilleus son of Sabourion.
Upper papyrus (SB XX 15141, P.Lond. III 1269(a) descr., TM 23898)
Column 1, lines 1-5: Receipt for payment of the dyke tax made by Achilleus for his slave Batrachus. Dated 19 December 157.
Lines 6-10: Receipt for payment of the tax on weavers made by Batrachus, slave of Achilleus. Dated 29 March 158.
Line 11-Column 2, line 1: Receipt for payment of the poll-tax made by Achilleus for his slave Batrachus. Dated 5 June 158.
Column 2, lines 2-7: Receipt for three payments made in June, September and November 158 by Batrachus, slave of Achilleus, on account of the tax on weavers.
Line 8-end: Receipt for payment of the dyke tax made by Achilleus son of Sabourion for his slave Batrachus. Dated 22 December 158.
Lower papyrus (SB XX 15142, P.Lond. III 1269(b) descr., TM 23899): Receipt acknowledging the payment of 3 drachmas for the tax on weavers made by Batrachus, slave of Achilleus. Dated 1 January 159.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003688002 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1269 : Tax Receipts (SB XX 15141-15142, P.Lond. III 1269(a-b) descr., TM 23898-23899) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1792]/040-003688002
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus sheets bearing writing on one side, with the back blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown, imperfect at the bottom left, otherwise well preserved; two columns of 14 and 11 lines respectively running along the fibres. Margins survive, the left being imperfect. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at about 20 mm from the left edge.
Lower papyrus (B): Medium-dark brown, complete, with minor damage; 4 lines written in the upper half of the sheet across the fibres. Margins are extant, the lower measuring 35 mm. Four vertical folds are still visible.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0157
- End Date:
- 0159
- Date Range:
- 157-159
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 129 x 188 mm; B: 65 x 111 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 270 x 235 mm.
Script: A: Four rapid cursive hands of varying size. B: Small cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1269(a) descr.
P.Lond. III 1269(b) descr.
SB XX 15141
SB XX 15142 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 444.
A
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. lxx, no. 1269(a) descr.
P. Van Minnen, P. J. Sijpesteijn, 'Three London Papyri from Hermopolis', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 88 (1991), pp. 151-156 (pp. 153-156, no. 2, with pl. xi).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), no. 15141.
F. Reiter, Die Nomarchen des Arsinoites: Ein Beitrag zum Steuerwesen im römischen Ägypten (Paderborn: F. Schöningh 2004), p. 120, n. 44.
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. lxx, no. 1269(a) descr.
P. Van Minnen, P. J. Sijpesteijn, 'Three London Papyri from Hermopolis', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 88 (1991), pp. 151-156 (p. 156, no. 3, with pl. xi).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), no. 15142.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)