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Papyrus 2531
- Record Id:
- 040-003726064
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100113531036.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471102.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2531
- Title:
-
Record of Tax Payments (P.Diog. 42, TM 26621)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary record of taxes paid by various individuals (names not preserved) over various months, the amount paid usually amounting to eight drachmas.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003726064 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2531 : Record of Tax Payments (P.Diog. 42, TM 26621) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2126]/040-003726064
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the left, with abrasion and surface damage throughout; the writing runs on one side, and the back is blank. On the front, there are the ends of 23 lines written along the fibres; upper, lower and right margins are extant. Vertical folds are visible, and a sheet-join runs vertically in the centre. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471102.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0132
- End Date:
- 0248
- Date Range:
- 132-248
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 178 x 103 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 225 x 155 mm.
Script: Medium-sized, proficient cursive hand, with a slight slant to the right.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2486-2542 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) in September 1922. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan and Cornell University.
- Former External References:
- P.Diog. 42
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum, 1950), p. 366.
Paul Schubert, Les archives de Marcus Lucretius Diogenes et textes apparentés (Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 39) (Bonn: R. Habelt, 1990), no. 42.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)