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Papyrus 1426
- Record Id:
- 040-003791229
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100116378805.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469923.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1426
- Title:
- Tax Register from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1430, TM 39754)
- Scope & Content:
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Portions of a papyrus roll containing a tax register, listing male individuals, followed by a sum of money. A corrector worked on the text, altering or cancelling some entries; many entries are preceded by another sum of money. On the back, there are totals and further accounts.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003791229 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1426 : Tax Register from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1430, TM 39754) - Contains:
- Papyrus 1426(1) : Part 1 of the tax register
Papyrus 1426(2) : Part 2 of the tax register
Papyrus 1426(3) : Part 3 of the tax register
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Papyrus 1426 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2221]/040-003791229
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Three fragments of a medium-brown papyrus roll, housed in three glass frames named Papyrus 1426(1), Papyrus 1426(2), and Papyrus 1426(3). The writing runs on both sides, along and across the fibres.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469923.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0700
- End Date:
- 0725
- Date Range:
- early 8th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: fragments of varying size, the largest measuring 370 x 440 mm; housed in three glass frames.
Script: Flowing, rather large minuscule hand. The hand on the back is different.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Aphrodito (Kom Ishgau), Antaiopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Aphrodito (Kom Ishgau), Antaiopolite 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. IV 1430
- 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. 445.
Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum IV: The Aphrodito Papyri (London: British Museum, 1910), pp. 267-73, no. 1430.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1986), p. 91.
Tonio S. Richter, ‘Language Choice in the Qurra Dossier’, in The multilingual experience in Egypt, from the Ptolemies to the Abbasids, ed. by Arietta Papaconstantinou (Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2010), pp. 189-220 (p. 203).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)