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Papyrus 2411
- Record Id:
- 040-003813739
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100119736530.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470938.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2411
- Title:
- Poll-Tax Receipt (TM 957084)
- Scope & Content:
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Receipt for the payment of eight silver drachmas and four bronze obols on account of the poll-tax (laographia) issued to Dioscorus son of Dioscorus by Souchion, tax collector of the quarter of the Bithynians, in Arsinoe.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003813739 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2411 : Poll-Tax Receipt (TM 957084) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2289]/040-003813739
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, square-shaped, complete and well preserved, only displaying a few insect-holes in places. A crease runs vertically down the centre. The writing runs on one side along the fibres, and the back is blank. The front bears 8 lines, complete. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470938.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0136
- End Date:
- 0136
- Date Range:
- 24 October 136
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 77 x 85 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 120 x 130 mm.
Script: Overall regular and skilled cursive hand. Same hand as that of Papyrus 2412.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2305-2434 from Dr A. N. Kondilios in July 1921.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum, 1950), p. 364.
Federica Micucci, ‘Six Poll-Tax Receipts from Arsinoe’, Chronique d'Égypte, 90 (2020), 297-307 (pp. 297-99, no. 1, with plate).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)