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Papyrus 2415
- Record Id:
- 040-003711333
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109386375.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467813.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2415
- Title:
- Epikrisis Application for Admission to Tax-Privileged Group (SB XII 10890, TM 14349)
- Scope & Content:
- Application from Heraclides (son of Chaeremon and Sambous) and his wife Dioscorous (of the same mother and father), who request that their son Chaeremon be added to the list of those with a privileged poll-tax rate. With official docket at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003711333 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2415 : Epikrisis Application for Admission to Tax-Privileged Group (SB XII 10890, TM 14349) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1949]/040-003711333
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet with detached fragment, broken off on the left and badly damaged at the top; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 13 lines written along the fibres, lacking the beginnings; upper and lower margins survive; the right margin is minimal. 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_100147467813.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0156
- End Date:
- 0156
- Date Range:
- 27 July 156
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 235 x 210 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 255 mm.
Script: Fluent and graceful cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Arsinoite nome, Egypt
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2305-2434 from Dr A. N. Kondilios in July 1921.
- Former External References:
- SB XII 10890
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum, 1950), p. 364.
Revel A. Coles, ‘Further Papyri from the British Museum’, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 56 (1970), 183-186 (185-186, no. 2).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XII (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1976-1977), no. 10890.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1998), p. 207.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Dioscorous, 2nd century
Heraclides, metropolites, 2nd century - Places:
- Arsinoite nome (Fayum), Egypt
Krokodilopolis/Ptolemais Euergetis/Arsinoe(Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt