Decree 229-228 BC

Decree 229-228 BC Ptolemy III Evergetes, king of Egypt APIS columbia.apis.p160 (NNC)aaa1472 p.col.4.120 0094;4;120 p.col;4;120 2300 2300 Col.inv. 228 verso

Copy of a royal decree addressing people with properties or those who administer such properties in their absence; they should give evaluation of the properties in order to determine a 2% tax as a money "dorea"; only in the Alexandrian district the declarations take place before certain priests; penalties in case of evasion depend upon the owners

28 lines written across the fibers; on the front P.Col. IV 85 Only the left part of the document is preserved; a false margin was created by pasting a strip of papyrus on the right edge The assignment of the money grant to priests, which is considered certain in the editio princeps, is considered as doubtful in C.Ord.Ptol. 28, p. 67 Written in the 19 year of a Ptolemy not named; the small hand is clear, but not calligraphic and has the characteristics of a third century hand; this seems to exclude the possibility that the document was written in the reign of Ptolemy V In Greek 1papyrus fragment ; 7.7 x 21.8 cm 229 BCE – 228 BCE

Purchased by Columbia University from M. Nahman and New York dealer J. Brummer, through H.I. Bell, November 1925; no. 25 (original no. 46) in Bell

APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent. English In Greek Money grants to priests or private individuals Papyri Papyri

C.Ord.Ptol. 28, new edition P.Col. IV 120 P.Col.Zen. II 120 Photo in P.Col. IV facing p. 164 P.Col.:4:120