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P.Oslo III 117 (inv. 338)

Background and Physical Properties

Material:
Papyrus
Connections:
Size:
7.5 x 10.3 cm.
Lines:
11
Publication side:
Recto, the Verso is blank
Palaeographic description:
State of preservation:
Light brown papyrus. Torn on the right hand side and at bottom, the top and left margins are both 1.5 cm.

Content

Date:
159/160 A.D.
Origin:
Theadelphia, Themistou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Language:
Greek
Genre:
Documentary
Author:
Title / Type of text:
Tax receipt
Content:
Receipt for a Skylax for having paid his taxes to the superintendent of taxes of confiscated land in Theadelphia.
Subjects:
Taxation Land tax Receipt
Named people:
Skylax Heron Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius Augustus, emperor
Named places:
Theadelpheia
English translation:
In the twenty-third year of Imperator Titus Aelius Adrianus Antoninus Pius Augustus on the 28 (of the month Thot?) ... Skylax paid to Heron and partners, superintendents of the produce of confiscated land in the village of Theadelphia drachmai .... towards what is left over of the 22nd year tax collection. In the month of Mesore, x.
Provenance:
Probably Theadelphia, Themistou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition:
Purchased by Eitrem in Egypt 1920
Acquisition year:

Editions

  • Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo III, 1936, 117

Further Literature


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