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Papyrus 847
- Record Id:
- 040-003689105
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106231129.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469391.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 847
- Title:
- Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 847, TM 11801)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt for the payment of 80 drachmas by the village elders of two Arsinoite villages on account of the a tax named ‘monodesmia chortou’ (hay tax), presumably due on public land, and other taxes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003689105 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 847 : Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 847, TM 11801) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1816]/040-003689105
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, medium-brown, complete, with few holes; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 12 lines written along the fibres in the upper part of the sheet; all margins survive, with no space having been left on the right. The blank space at the bottom measures c. 100 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469391.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0170
- End Date:
- 0170
- Date Range:
- 17 April 170
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 200 x 90 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 250 x 140 mm.
Script: Rapid cursive hand, somewhat uneven.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, 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 847
- 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.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 54, no. 847.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 276.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), pp. 111-112.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)