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Papyrus 849
- Record Id:
- 040-003689708
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106280095.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469402.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 849
- Title:
- Receipt for Rent of Sheep (SB XX 15076, P.Lond. III 849 descr., TM 14927)
- Scope & Content:
- Series of receipts issued by the presidents (hegoumenoi) of the village of Euhemeria acknowledging various payments made by a certain Orsenouphis over a period of two years for the rent of sheep (phoros probaton).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003689708 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 849 : Receipt for Rent of Sheep (SB XX 15076, P.Lond. III 849 descr., TM 14927) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1821]/040-003689708
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, complete, but with holes and surface damage throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears two columns of 15 and 8 lines respectively; margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469402.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0206
- End Date:
- 0235
- Date Range:
- 206 or 235
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 90 x 153 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 140 x 200 mm.
Script: Rapid cursive hand of small size.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Euhemeria, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Euhemeria, meris of Themistos, 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 849 descr.
SB XX 15076 - 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. xl, no. 849 descr.
S. LR. Wallace, Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press 1938), pp. 311-312.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Receipts for φόροϲ προβάτων’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 81 (1990), pp. 253-254.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), no. 15076.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 235.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)