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Papyrus 917
- Record Id:
- 040-003695389
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100107335381.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469566.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 917
- Title:
- Tax Receipts (P.Ryl. II, p. 254, P.Lond. III 917 descr., TM 13013)
- Scope & Content:
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Two receipts issued by the collectors of money taxes (praktores argyrikon) for money payments made on account of various types of land by a certain Tamystha (lines 1-7), and another person whose name is damaged (line 8-end).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003695389 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 917 : Tax Receipts (P.Ryl. II, p. 254, P.Lond. III 917 descr., TM 13013) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1855]/040-003695389
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, with holes and surface damage throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 12 lines, with blank space between lines 7 and 8. All margins are extant. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469566.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0167
- End Date:
- 0167
- Date Range:
- 26 May 167
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 160 x 162 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 215 x 210 mm.
Script: Rapid cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Theadelpheia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Theadelpheia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 885-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 917 descr.
P.Ryl. II, p. 254 - 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. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xlv, no. 917 descr.
Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Vol. II. (Manchester: Manchester University Press 1915), p. 254.
S. LR. Wallace, Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press 1938), p. 58, and passim.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 173.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)