P.Mich.inv. 6177

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 6177
Processing Number
2655
Section/Side
a; Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto
Material
Pap
Size
5.5 X 6.5 cm
Items
1
Lines
5 + 1 line running around the edge of the seal
Mounted
No
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
numerous small holes in the center and a large break where the seal was attached; three pieces of the broken seal were recovered (see note)
Status
published
Library
Cairo

Contents

Date
February 7, 208 A.D.
Origin
either Dionysias, Themistou meris, or Soknopaiou Nesos, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance
Soknopaiou Nesos, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
31-II203E-P (3)
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Unknown customs official
Type of Text/Title of Work
Customshouse Receipt
Content
Receipt for payment of the customs duty for the harbor of Memphis (see also P.Mich.inv. 6178a)
Subject Headings
Animal
Customs
Taxation
Persons
Herakles;
Septimius Severus & Caracalla, Emperors
Geographica
Dionysias; Memphis; Soknopaiou Nesos
Translation
Paid, through the gate-house of Dionysias, the (customs duty) for the harbor of Memphis, by Herakles, exporting on the fifth of Thoth thirty-two artabs of olives on four camels (and) two foals. Year 16, on the twelfth of Mecheir, 12.
(On the seal) Through the gate-house of Soknopaiou Nesos, year 14 of Lucius [Septimius Severus] and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus [Augusti].

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
Soknopaiou Nesos Boak AER 1935 5 SB V 7822 Boak AER, Soknopaiou Nesos, 5, 1935 -- SB V 7822 -- BL VI, 138 (line 6); BL IX, 249 (lines 3, 4). BL VI, 138 (line 6); BL IX, 249 (lines 3, 4).

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
P. Bureth, Les titulatures imperiales (Bruxelles, 1964) p. 95; P.Customs, p. 173, No. 468.

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
208
Year End
208

Technical Details

Record
2655
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2655/1

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