| A day-book of tax payments in kind on imperial estates |
| Unknown |
| A register similar to BGU IX 1893, a daybook of the collection of produce by the sitologi
of Bernikis Aigialou (near Theadelphia) in A.D. 149, over a period of two and one-half
months. After each name, 1in 1893, the place and amount of wheat (barley, beans) are
given, and at the end of each day a total id drawn. Wheat, barley and beans are totally
separately, but the totals do not distinguish between collections made from the village
and those made from imperial estates in the neighborhood. Lines 1-6 of the text contain
payments of wheat which were made on the 24th of an unknown month by six individuals
who were apparently the lessees of various portions of imperial estates in the neighoorhood
of Theadelphia. Lines 7-9 contain the total of wheat for the day with an analysis
by estate. The ousiai are the Alexandriane, Germanikiane, Maikenatiane, Pallantos,
Senekane. |
| PJ Sijpesteijn, Further Evidence of Imperial Estates in Roman Egypt, ZPE 60, 1985,
279-281;(a parallel publication); iden, ZPE 60, 1985, 279-281: An Addendum, ZPE 63,
1986, 295-296 Grenfell BP-Hunt AS-Hogarth DG, PFay, 338 description, 1900 Youtie LC,
ZPE 41, 271-274, 1981, Taf. XVIIa -- SB XVI 12676 -- BL I 133, BL VII 49 (rejected),
VIII 384, IX 289, |
| SB:16:12676 |
| P.Corn. Inv. MSS. A 101. XX |
| 1 papyrus ; 16 x 9 cm |
| Broken off at the left abd bottom sides. At the top there is only a small part preserved
that could be the top edge of the papyrus. Right hand side preserved, regularly cut
off. The papyrus preserves the upper portion of a column from a roll and the ends
of lines from the preceding column. |
| 13 lines |
| Source of description: Recto |
| An upper margin of 1.5 cm remains and the intercolumnar space of 2-3 cm on both the
left and right sides of the preserved column of writing. |
| village of Theadelphia, Themistou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
|
| Greek |
| (middle) IInd A.D.
|
| The translation based on PJ Sijpesteijn's transcription.;PJ Sijpesteijn in ZPE 63,
1986, 295: In ZPE 41, 1981, 271 L.C. Youtie published P.Fay. 338 descr. (= SB XVI
12676). During my last stay in Ann Arbor in 1985 the same papyrus was offered me for
publication. I published P.Fay. 338 again in ZPE 60, 1985, 280 only becoming aware
of the previous publication when my article was already in print and could not be
withdrawn anymore. Between 1981 and 1985 the papyrus obviously underwent some monor
damages, since Mrs Youtie was able to read slightly more on the papyrus that I could.
Left aside some monor differences in the readings of the numbers of artabae collected
(in line 11 of my publication of the text "(purou) dd" is left out by mistake) the
main diffreence between her and my transcript of the text lies in the interpretation
of the ink-traces in front of "gal( )" in line 8 (I did not see similar traces in
line 3). I saw on the papyrus a small circle with a supralinear stroke which I took
as the symbol for "(artabe)" and I assumed that the papyrus provided us with another
example of the rarely attested "artabe Gallou". The first editor saw an alpha with
a small horizontal line above to the right of it which she took as "(proteron)". This
reading forced her to assume that the current name of the ousia was left out in lines
3 and 8 and that the scribe forgot <Pol(lh)> in l. 8 as well. Both readings present
difficulties. I doubt, however, whether absolute certainty about the correct reading
can be reached, since the papyrus is rather mutilated and difficult to read" |
| Location: Ann Arbor |
| Pub. status: Recto; Verso is unpublished |
| Alexandriane, Germanikiane, Maikenatiane, Senekane (ousiai); Wheat--Egypt--Theadelpheia (Extinct city); Crown lands--Egypt--Theadelpheia (Extinct city); Accounts--Egypt--Theadelpheia (Extinct city); Taxation--Egypt--Theadelpheia (Extinct city); Weights and measures--Egypt--Theadelpheia (Extinct city); Documentary; Papyrus |
| Herakles; Ptolemaios; Pasion, son of Hori( ); Pnepheros; Papontos, son of Sokrates; Serapammon, son of Ptolemaios; Horos, son of Herakes; Tamystha, daughter of Harpalos; Horos |
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