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Papyrus 912
- Record Id:
- 040-003695390
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100107339736.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469561.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 912
- Title:
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Tax Receipts (P.Lond. III 912(a-b), TM 22710-22711)
- Scope & Content:
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Two poll-tax receipts acknowledging the payment of 20 drachmas and 10 obols as surcharges, the Arsinoite privileged rate, made by Harpalus, son of Onesimus and Soeris, grandson of Onesimus.
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 912(a), TM 22710): Receipt dated 23 July 149. The accounting is for the same month as the payment, Epeiph.
Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. III 912(b), TM 22711): Receipt dated 1 August 154.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003695390 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 912 : Tax Receipts (P.Lond. III 912(a-b), TM 22710-22711) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1856]/040-003695390
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus sheets, bearing writing on one side, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Complete; darker along two vertical folds; 6 lines, complete, with all margins extant.
Lower papyrus (B): Complete, with a few insect-holes; 6 lines, with all margins extant; no margin left to the right.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469561.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0149
- End Date:
- 0154
- Date Range:
- 149-154
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 82 x 117 mm; B: 100 x 98 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 260 x 170 mm.
Script: Rapid cursive hands.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt. Both 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 912(a)
P.Lond. III 912(b) - 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.
A
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. 33, no. 912(a), with pl. 38.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 274.
B
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xlv, no. 912(b) descry, with pl. 38.
U. Wilcken, ‘Papyrus-Urkunden’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 4 (1908), pp. 526-568 (pp. 531).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)