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Papyrus 2003
- Record Id:
- 040-004376289
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100167707517.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2003
- Title:
- Receipt for dues on land (TM 981667)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt for payments in kind made to the credit of Heron son of Orseus for dues on land, issued by the grain collectors (sitologoi) of the village of Magais or Magdola in the Arsinoite nome.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-004376289 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2003 : Receipt for dues on land (TM 981667) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2400]/040-004376289
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, lacking the last quarter on the right side with the loss of a few letters, damaged along the vertical fold on the left. Written along the fibres, the back being blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard and is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0155
- End Date:
- 0155
- Date Range:
- 20 July 155
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 105 x 52 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 150 x 110 mm.
Script: Practised cursive hand with a slight slant to the right.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin:
Magais or Magdola, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance:
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), 101-19 (pp. 104-08). - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)