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Papyrus 845(A-C)
- Record Id:
- 040-003689102
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106227783.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469387.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 845(A-C)
- Title:
- Tax Receipts (P.Lond. III 845(a-b), P.Lond. III 845(c) descr., TM 22691-22692, 11798)
- Scope & Content:
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A (P.Lond. III 845(a), TM 22691): Receipt for poll-tax. The name of the taxpayer is damaged. Dated to 17 June 177.
B (P.Lond. III 845(b), TM 22692)
Lines 1-4: Receipt acknowledging the payment of 20 drachmas made by Pollion son of Sarapion to Dorion, collector of money taxes (praktor argyrikon) of Memphis, on account of the poll-tax. Dated 185.
Lines 4-7: Receipt for the payment of 7 drachmas made by Stotoetis, son of Stotoetis, issued by Sotas, collector of money taxes (praktor argyrikon) of Soknopaiou Nesos, for the tax on the guard of watch-towers. Dated 187.
C (P.Lond. III 845(c) descr., TM 11798): Tax-receipt issued by the collectors of money taxes of Neilopolis, dated to 181-189. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003689102 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 845(A-C) : Tax Receipts (P.Lond. III 845(a-b), P.Lond. III 845(c) descr., TM 22691-22692, 11798) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1815]/040-003689102
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Three papyrus sheets with writing on one side, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
A: Broken off to the left, with a darker patch; 9 lines written along the fibres and lacking the beginnings; upper and lower margins extant, no margin was left to the right.
B: Almost complete, but damaged by holes; 6 lines written across the fibres; margins survive, the right being imperfect.
C: Damaged at the top, left and bottom; 7 lines written along the fibres and lacking the beginnings. Parts of the upper and left margins survive; no margin was left to the right.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469387.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0177
- End Date:
- 0189
- Date Range:
- 177-189
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 91 x 62 mm; B: 84 x 176 mm; C: 67 x 84 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 245 x 230 mm.
Script: Cursive hands.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Egypt. B: Memphis, Egypt. C: Neilopolis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: A: Egypt. B: Memphis, Egypt. C: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 835-878 by the executors of William Joseph Myers, F. S. A., (b. 1858, d. 1899) through R. Taylor in 1900.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 845(a)
P.Lond. III 845(b)
P.Lond. III 845(c) 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. 440.
A
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 33-34, no. 845(a).
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 34, no. 845(b).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 275.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 180.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 100.
C
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxxix, no. 845(c) descr.
R. Ziegler, ‘Bemerkungen zur Datierung dokumentarischer Papyri und Ostraka’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 114 (1996), pp. 157-161 (p. 158).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)