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Papyrus 1220
- Record Id:
- 040-003725882
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100113056477.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469863.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1220
- Title:
- Nomination of Candidates for Tax-Collection (P.Lond. III 1220, TM 11767)
- Scope & Content:
- Nomination in red ink submitted by the village scribe (komogrammateus) of Neilopolis and Soknopaiou Nesos, listing two candidates that qualify for the collection of money taxes for Soknopaiou Nesos, in place of Posis, who has completed his term of office. The selection will be by lot. The names are submitted to the prefect Subatianus Aquila. The back bears the endorsement and remains of the original seal.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003725882 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1220 : Nomination of Candidates for Tax-Collection (P.Lond. III 1220, TM 11767) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2105]/040-003725882
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Long and narrow papyrus sheet, medium-brown, with lighter patches; complete, with insect holes and some damage along the folds; written on both sides. On the front, there are seventeen lines written along the fibres in red ink; all margins are extant, the lower being half of the sheet. On the back, there is one line written along the fibres, the sheet having been rotated 90 degrees. Remains of the original seal are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469863.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0208
- End Date:
- 0209
- Date Range:
- 208-209
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 228 x 78 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 130 mm.
Script: Proficient, rather large cursive hand in red ink, occasionally compressed at the ends of the lines; cursive hand in black ink on the back.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Neilopolis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt; or Soknopaiou Nesos, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1200-1520 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 20 November 1903.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 1220
- 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. 444.
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum, 1907), pp. 114-115, no. 1220.
J. David Thomas, ‘The Introduction of Dekaprotoi and Comarchs into Egypt in the Third Century A.D.’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 19 (1975), 111-119 (p. 113, with plate 1) = Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1986), pp. 89-90.
Naphtali Lewis, The Compulsory Public Services of Roman Egypt (Firenze: Edizioni Gonnelli, 1982), pp. 84-6, 115.
Carsten Drecoll, Die Liturgien im römischen Kaiserreich des 3. und 4. Jh. n. Chr: Untersuchung über Zugang, Inhalt und wirtschaftliche Bedeutung der öffentlichen Zwangsdienste in Ägypten und anderen Provinzen (Stuttgart: F. Steiner Verlag, 1997), pp. 28, 35, and passim.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2002), p. 113.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)