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: |
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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): |
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Type of document sealed: |
10.Document with Untersiegelung |
Type of recipient sealed: |
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Date: |
Roman |
Place: |
Soknopaiu Nesos |
© 2009 Katelijn Vandorpe |