Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Application for Poll Tax Reduction)

Place of OriginEgypt

Date160-161 CE

Dimensionsmaximum: 4 5/16 × 4 5/16 in. (11 × 11 cm)

MediumIndia ink on papyrus

ClassificationManuscripts

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1915.40

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DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek, contains an application for a reduction in poll tax.

Published References

Hunt, Arthur S., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, London, 1911, vol. VIII, pp. 180-182, no. 1109.

280 CE

obverse 233-235 CE, reverse mid 3rd century CE

2nd century

late 2nd century CE

6th century

late 3rd century CE

2nd century

late 3rd century CE

562-563

3rd century

4th century CE

3rd century

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