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Bactrian Greek tax receiptfront

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Bactrian Greek tax receipt

  • Description

    Inscribed on skin, the Greek text is a receipt for taxes. It is notable for mentioning the Greco-Bactrian king Antimachus (185-170 BC).

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Afghanistan (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 180 BC
    Associated people
    King Antimachus I (ruled 185 BC - 170 BC) (named on object)
    Material and technique
    ink on skin
    Dimensions
    6.1 x 14 cm approx., max. (height x width)
    Material index
    organic › animal › skin
    Technique index
    marked › written › hand-written
    Object type index
    communications equipment › receipt
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by R. C. Senior, 1994.
    Accession no.
    EA1994.79

  • Further reading

    Pantermalēs, Dēmētrios, Alexandros kai Anatole [=Alexander and the East] (Thessaloniki: Organismos Politistikes Proteuousas tes Europes, 1997), No. 141, 176-177

    Rea, John, R. C. Senior, and A. S. Hollis, ‘A Tax Receipt from Hellenistic Bactria’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 104, (1994), passim, pl. 5

    Bernard, Paul, and Claude Rapin, ‘Un parchemin gréco-bactrien d'une collection privée’, Comptes-rendus des séances de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, 138/1, (1994), passim, illus. p. 262 fig. 1

    Rea, J. R., R. C. Senior, and A. S. Hollis, ‘The Tax Receipt from Hellenistic Baktria’, summarized and trans. by M. J. A. Tzamali, Nomismatika Khronika, 16, (1998)

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