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Papyrus 1900
- Record Id:
- 040-004376293
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100167710902.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1900
- Title:
- Receipt for tax payments (TM 981668)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt issued by Theon and other grain-collectors (sitologoi) of Tebtynis, recording a payment in kind made to the credit of Pasis, son of Theon, for dues on public land.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-004376293 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1900 : Receipt for tax payments (TM 981668) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2401]/040-004376293
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Tall and narrow papyrus sheet, left blank for almost two thirds of the sheet. Lower margin measures 135 mm, upper and right margins are slightly irregular but the text is complete. Written along the fibres on one side only. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard and housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 0185
- End Date:
- 0185
- Date Range:
- 24 June 185
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 220 x 80 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 270 x 125 mm.
Script: Neat cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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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:
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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. 108-10). - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Tebtynis (Umm el-Breigat), Arsinoite nome, Egypt