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Papyrus 1770(A-B)
- Record Id:
- 040-003780344
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100114731433.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470503.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1770(A-B)
- Title:
- Tax Account (P.Lond. V 1671, TM 36916), and Order to Pay (P.Lond. V 1668, TM 19689)
- Scope & Content:
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Left papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1671, TM 36916): Account of tax payments made by the shepherds of Aphrodito.
Right papyrus (B) (P.Lond. V 1668, TM 19689): Order addressed to Ioannes, a tax official (hypodektes), to pay a sum of money corresponding to 48 1/3 carats. The subscriptions of two village heads (protokometai) are at the bottom. Dated in 537-538.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003780344 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1770(A-B) : Tax Account (P.Lond. V 1671, TM 36916), and Order to Pay (P.Lond. V 1668, TM 19689) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2169]/040-003780344
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Two fragments of a long and narrow dark-brown papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. On the front, there are 8 lines occupying the upper part of the sheet, with ample blank space at the bottom.
Lower papyrus (B): Fragment of a dark-brown papyrus sheet, long and narrow, imperfect on the left; with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 13 lines written along the fibres and lacking the beginnings. There is ample blank space at the bottom.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 0538
- Date Range:
- 500-538
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: Fr. 1: 125 x 73 mm; fr. 2: 180 x 63 mm; B: 287 x 85 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 345 x 260 mm.
Script: A: Neat, upright cursive hand of medium size; B: Neat, upright cursive hand of small size. Two different hands for the subscriptions in the last two lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito, Antaiopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1758-1786 from Ali Abd-el-Haj on 12 October 1907.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. V 1668
P.Lond. V 1671 - 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. 312.
A
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, V (London: British Museum, 1917), p. 39, no. 1671.
B
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, V (London: British Museum, 1917), pp. 35-36, no. 1668.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)