| Title | receipt |
|---|---|
| Author | Kyros (?) |
| Summary | receipt in which Kyros acknowledges that he has received 4 sacks from Mena who met his tax obligation for the poll tax in that way. |
| Citations | Husselman EM, Aegyptus 31, 332-3, 1951 |
| Inv. Id | P.Mich.inv. 578 |
| Support/Dimensions | 1 papyrus ; 8.1 x 10.3 cm. |
| Condition | The present document was cut from a larger document which was written in four lines on a long strip of papyrus, (cf. verso, TC). It was folded from bottom to top, and a break goes through three folds, the largest lacuna being of course on the outer fold. |
| Lines | 1-9 |
| Recto/Verso | Source of description: Recto + Verso |
| Hands | The large lacuna on the outerfold obscures part of line 3. The remainder of the text is perfectly legible. The second hand, in large uncials, closely resembles the second hand in P. Mich. inv. 1300. (TC) |
| Origin | Hermopolite nome, middle Egypt, province of Egypt |
| Language | Coptic |
| Date | VIIth/VIIIth century A.D. |
| Note (general) | Location: Ann Arbor |
| Note (general) | Pub. status: Recto; Verso contains four incomplete lines of writing (both sides across the fibers). |
| Note (related) | Collection of texts relating to the temple of Apa Apollo at Bawit and Titkooh in the Hermopolite Nome |
| Subjects | -; Poll tax--Egypt--Hermopolite Nome.; Monastic and religious life--Egypt--Hermopolite Nome; WeavingzEgypt--Hermopolite Nome; Papyrus; documentary |
| Associated Names | Mena; Georgios; Kyros |
| Images | Recto thumbnail |
| Images | Recto medium |
| Images | Recto large |
| Images | Verso thumbnail |
| Images | Verso medium |
| Images | Verso large |
| License |  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
"Our father it is who writes to his sons, the brethren of the poll-tax (saying) Lo, (there are) 4 sacks of Mena the sack-weaver; they have been received by me in respect of his poll-tax. So give him his receipt and see to them all and let them be made at the rate of 4 sacks to the half solidus. Pharmouthi 18, indiction 11. Giorgios.;(2nd hd.) Kyros."
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