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Papyrus 3081
- Record Id:
- 040-003711330
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109383203.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468622.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 3081
- Title:
- Receipt for Tax on Property Transfer (P.Lond. VII 2189, SB VI 9599, TM 2459)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt for payment of the tax on property transfer made by a man whose name is damaged, on account of a house that had been formerly registered by the taxpayer.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003711330 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 3081 : Receipt for Tax on Property Transfer (P.Lond. VII 2189, SB VI 9599, TM 2459) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1948]/040-003711330
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- One medium-brown papyrus sheet and three papyrus fragments, broken off on all sides; bearing writing on one side with the exception of the lower left, which is a fragment of another papyrus, light-brown, and has portions of 3 lines written across the fibres on the back. On the front, the largest fragment preserves 14 lines written along the fibres; the two smaller fragments at the bottom right bear the beginnings of two lines and one line respectively, running along the fibres; the bottom left fragment has few letters from two lines, written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468622.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- -0210
- End Date:
- -0210
- Date Range:
- 10 December 210 BC (?)
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Largest fragment: 153 x 75 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 210 mm.
Script: Rapid cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Found rolled up with demotic documents at the Department of Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum (EA 10750A), and transferred in February 1971.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 2189
SB VI 9599 - Publications:
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Theodore C. Skeat, ‘A Receipt for enkyklion’, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 45 (1959), 75-78, with plate viii.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band VI (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1963), no. 9599.
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 303, no. 2189.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 124.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Krokodilopolis/Ptolemais Euergetis/Arsinoe(Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt
Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza), Egypt