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Papyrus 1979
- Record Id:
- 040-004376253
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100167703160.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1979
- Title:
- Tax receipt (TM 981653)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt for payments in kind made to the directors of the granary of Tebtunys (sitologoi) on account of taxes on catoecic land at Tebtunys by Heracleia daughter of Hermes. The other side bears traces of writing, possibly unrelated to the text.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-004376253 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1979 : Tax receipt (TM 981653) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2399]/040-004376253
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Long, narrow papyrus sheet, probably the height of the source roll, displaying insect holes along the folds. Written on both sides. One one side, 10 lines written along the fibres; on the other side traces of writing, badly abraded. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0133
- End Date:
- 0133
- Date Range:
- 30 July 133
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 205 x 61 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 255 x 115 mm.
Script: Two hands, one experienced cursive 2nd-century hand, the other 2nd-century hand.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin:
Tebtynis, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance:
Tebtynis, meris of Polemon, Arsinoite nome, Egypt (?).
Purchased by the British Museum from Ali Abd el Hari as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1873-2016, 15 May 1911.
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915, I (London: British Museum 1969), p. 475.
Federica Micucci, 'Seven Second-Century Tax Receipts from the Arsinoite Nome in the British Library', Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, 59 (2022), pp. 101-19 (pp. 101-04). - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Heracleia, 93-173
Hermes (Hermias), 50-120
Philosarapis, citizen of Antinoopolis, 132-174 - Places:
- Tebtynis (Umm el-Breigat), Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Related Material:
- The papyrus belongs to the ‘Archive of Philosarapis son of Lysimachus alias Didymus’ (TM Arch ID 192).