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Artefact ID1272
TM IDTM 12314
Findspot (DEChriM ID)41   (Kūm Awšīm)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Mich. XII 651: Account of Tax Payments.

List of money payments for tax, under the name of the head of an agricultural firm (pittakion). Among the tax-payers is mentioned a certain Aion, deacon (diakon).

Verso: docket.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions
Date from350
Date to370
Dating criteria

Dated to c. 330-340 in ed.pr. but redated to c. 360 because of currency in Bagnall and Sijpesteijn 1977: 123.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 1386 [P.Mich.inv. 1386]

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Browne, Gerald Michael. 1975. Michigan Papyri XII. Toronto, no. 651.

Additional bibliography

• Bagnall, Roger and Sijpesteijn, Pieter; 1977. "Currency in the Fourth Century and the Date of CPR V 26." Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 24, 111-124.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1272", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1272
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