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Papyrus 1699(a-b)
- Record Id:
- 040-003780113
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100114626158.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470374.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1699(a-b)
- Title:
- Tax Receipts (P.Lond. V 1746, TM 38850; P.Lond. V 1742, TM 38846)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1746, TM 38850): Receipt for a payment made on account of the poll-tax (andrismos); with subscription of Ieremias in a different hand at the end. Traces of a washed out document are visible on the other side.
Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. V 1742, TM 38846): Receipt for a payment made on account of public taxes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003780113 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1699(a-b) : Tax Receipts (P.Lond. V 1746, TM 38850; P.Lond. V 1742, TM 38846) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2166]/040-003780113
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus slips that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown sheet, with writing on both sides; on one side, apparently the verso of the sheet, there are 3 lines written along the fibres, with all margins extant; on the other side, there are traces of a text, washed out, written across the fibres.
Lower papyrus (B): Medium-brown sheet, with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 2 lines written across the fibres; margins are extant, the right and lower being ample.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470374.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0600
- End Date:
- 0799
- Date Range:
- 7th century-8th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 56 x 131 mm; B: 57 x 205 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 230 mm.
Script: A: Sloping minuscule hand; different hand for the subscription at the end; B: Upright minuscule hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Hermopolite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite nome (?), Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1545-1753 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 December 1906.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1742
P.Lond. V 1746 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 311.
A
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, V (London: British Museum, 1917), pp. 207-08, no. 1746.
Nikolaos Gonis, ‘Reconsidering Some Fiscal Documents from Early Islamic Egypt III’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 169 (2009), 197-208 (p. 199).
B
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, V (London: British Museum, 1917), pp. 205-06, no. 1742.
Nikolaos Gonis, ‘Reconsidering Some Fiscal Documents from Early Islamic Egypt III’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 169 (2009), 197-208 (pp. 199-200).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Hermopolite nome, 15th Upper Egyptian nome, Egypt