Seals and Stamps
from Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt

BGU 3 803 + BL IX + BL XI

Seal ID: 1031
Publications: BGU 3 803 + BL IX + BL XI
Inventory number: P. 7879
Photograph: Facs. ed.; facsimile Vandorpe 1997 p. 254, fig. J
Online photo:
Description: Seal for tax of 1 and 2%: portrait of the emperors Severus and Caracalla, surrounded by a legend with inter alia the regnal year ((ἐτοῦς) ...); between the two emperors stands Σοκνοπαις("Soknopais"). Seal attached to custom house receipt.
Material (seal): Clay/mud
Material (seal matrix):
Type of document sealed: 10.Document with Untersiegelung
Type of recipient sealed:
Date: Roman
Place: Soknopaiu Nesos
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