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Papyrus 1266(A-H)
- Record Id:
- 040-003688308
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105878854.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147464852.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1266(A-H)
- Title:
- Customs-House Receipts (P.Lond. III 1266(a-h), P.Customs 268, TM 11781-11784, 11786-11788, 20916)
- Scope & Content:
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Customs-house receipts acknowledging payments made for import and export of various goods.
A (P.Lond. III 1266(a), TM 11781): Receipt acknowledging that Phanouphis paid the 1 and 2% tax at the gate of Soknopaiou Nesos for import of wine on one camel. Dated 9 July 214. With original clay seal at the bottom (TM Seal 1044). Archive of the Iotacistic scribe.
B (P.Lond. III 1266(b), TM 11782): Receipt acknowledging that Panouphis paid the 1 and 2% tax at the gate of Soknopaiou Nesos for import of wine on two camels. Dated 24 April 212. With original clay seal at the bottom (TM Seal 1045). Archive of the Iotacistic scribe.
C (P.Lond. III 1266(c), TM 11783): Receipt acknowledging that Thesnouphis paid the 1 and 2% tax at the gate of Soknopaiou Nesos for import of wine on two camels. Dated 25 May 215. With original clay seal at the bottom featuring a small head, facing to the right, surrounded by an inscription with regnal year and ‘gate of Soknopaiu Nesos’ (TM Seal 1046). Archive of the Iotacistic scribe.
D (P.Lond. III 1266(d), TM 11784): Receipt acknowledging that Melas paid the tax for the harbour of Memphis at the gate of Soknopaiou Nesos for import of wine. Dated 17 March 181 or 213. With original clay seal at the bottom (TM Seal 1047).
E (P.Lond. III 1266(e), TM 11786): Receipt acknowledging that Valerius paid the tax for the harbour of Memphis at the gate of Karanis or Kaine for export of vegetables on three donkeys. Dated 23 June 171 (?).
F (P.Lond. III 1266(f), TM 11787): Receipt acknowledging that Sotas paid the tax for the maintenance of desert guards at the gate of Soknopaiou Nesos for export of vetch on one camel. Dated 27 June 194. With original clay seal at the bottom, featuring a head facing right; of the inscription, only kappa survives (TM Seal 1048).
G (P.Lond. III 1266(g), TM 11788): Receipt acknowledging that Pathotes paid the tax for the maintenance of desert guards at the gate of Soknopaiou Nesos for export of wheat on three camels. Dated 11 April 183 or 215.
H (P.Customs 268, P.Lond. III 1266(h) descr., TM 20916): Fragmentary receipt acknowledging payments of customs dues for wheat transported on two camels and two foals. Dated 25 February 177. With remains of the seal.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003688308 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1266(A-H) : Customs-House Receipts (P.Lond. III 1266(a-h), P.Customs 268, TM 11781-11784, 11786-11788, 20916) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1794]/040-003688308
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Eight small papyrus sheets bearing writing on one side, with the back blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
A: Medium-brown, complete, with some surface damage; 10 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal. With original clay seal at the bottom
B: Riddled with holes and darkened at the top; 8 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal; with original clay seal at the bottom.
C: Complete, with damage along the two vertical folds; 7 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal; with original clay seal at the bottom.
D: Light-brown, with some holes and abrasion; 5 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal. With original clay seal at the bottom.
E: Light-brown, with some holes and abrasion, especially on the left; 7 lines running along the fibres; side and upper margins minimal.
F: Light-brown, with some surface damage; 5 lines written along the fibres in the upper part of the sheet; upper and side margins minimal. With original clay seal at the bottom.
G: Badly abraded at the top; 9 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal.
H: Broken off at the top and with some surface damage; 6 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal; remains of clay seal at the bottom.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0171
- End Date:
- 0215
- Date Range:
- 171-215
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 76 x 49 mm; B: x mm; C: 72 x 60 mm; D: 41 x 45 mm; E: 45 x 47 mm; F: 48 x 59 mm; G: 69 x 41 mm; H: 50 x 51 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 255 mm.
Script: Various rapid cursive hands. A-C written by the same scribe.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A-D, F: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. E: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, or Kaine, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. G: Egypt.
Provenance: A-D, F: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. E: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, or Kaine, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. G: 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.Customs 268
P.Lond. III 1266(a)
P.Lond. III 1266(b)
P.Lond. III 1266(c)
P.Lond. III 1266(d)
P.Lond. III 1266(e)
P.Lond. III 1266(f)
P.Lond. III 1266(g)
P.Lond. III 1266(h) descr. - 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. 38, no. 1266(a).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 64.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 142.
C. E. P. Adams, N. Gonis, ‘Two Customs-House Receipts from the Bodleian Library’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 126 (1999), pp. 213-218 (pp. 213, 218).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 104.
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 38, no. 1266(b).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 64.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 142.
C. E. P. Adams, N. Gonis, ‘Two Customs-House Receipts from the Bodleian Library’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 126 (1999), pp. 213-218 (pp. 213, 218).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 104.
C
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 38, no. 1266(c).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 64.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 143.
C. E. P. Adams, N. Gonis, ‘Two Customs-House Receipts from the Bodleian Library’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 126 (1999), pp. 213-218 (pp. 213, 218).
K. Vandorpe, ‘Seals in and on the papyri of Greco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt’, in M.-F. Boussac, A. Invernizzi (eds.), Archives et sceaux du monde hellénistique. Actes du colloque de Turin 1993 (BCH Suppl. 29) (Athènes: École française d'Athènes. Paris: de Boccard 1996), pp. 231-291 (p. 278, no. 225).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 104.
D
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 39, no. 1266(d).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 64.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 143.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, Customs Duties in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Zutphen: Terra 1987), pp. 116-117.
E
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 39, no. 1266(e).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 64.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 143.
F. Reiter, Die Nomarchen des Arsinoites: Ein Beitrag zum Steuerwesen im römischen Ägypten (Paderborn: F. Schöningh 2004), p. 246, n. 46.
F. Reiter, ‘Eine neue Torzollquittung aus Yale, eine alte aus Toronto’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 55 (2009), pp. 421-425 (p. 423, n. 3).
F
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 39, no. 1266(f).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 64.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 91.
K. Vandorpe, ‘Seals in and on the papyri of Greco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt’, in M.-F. Boussac, A. Invernizzi (eds.), Archives et sceaux du monde hellénistique. Actes du colloque de Turin 1993 (BCH Suppl. 29) (Athènes: École française d'Athènes. Paris: de Boccard 1996), pp. 231-291 (p. 278, no. 227).
G
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 39, no. 1266(g).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 64.
H
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. lxix, no. 1266(h) descr.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, Customs Duties in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Zutphen: Terra 1987), no. 268.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)