Caption

Greek ostraka – two tax receipts, unknown creator/author, taxes, receipts. Fragment of a clay vessel with two tax receipts paid by Panibekis, son of Achillas Rufus, 27/04/161, Edfu Apollonopolis Wielka. Ostraka; height 11.5 cm, width 15.5 cm, depth 0.5 cm, weight 0.136 kg., A broken, irregularly shaped shard with a warm reddish-brown surface sits against a light gray background, showing areas of lighter beige where the surface is worn; a few strokes of dark black markings appear across the shard, and there is a slender pointed extension on one side; the shard's texture looks rough and slightly pitted with subtle variations of red, brown, beige, and tan.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A02_440

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Rights managed

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68.7Mb (2.2Mb) / 20.0in x 13.3in / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Greek ostraka – two tax receipts unknown creator author taxes receipts Fragment clay vessel two tax paid Panibekis son Achillas Rufus 27 04 161 Edfu Apollonopolis Wielka Ostraka height 11.5 cm width 15.5 cm depth 0.5 cm weight 0.136 kg broken irregularly shaped shard warm reddish-brown surface sits light gray background showing areas lighter beige surface worn strokes dark black markings across slender pointed extension side shard's texture looks rough slightly pitted subtle variations red brown beige tan.