Seals and Stamps
from Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt

SB 12 10910 (cf. JJP, 16/17 (1971), 134)

Seal ID: 1077
Publications: SB 12 10910 (cf. JJP, 16/17 (1971), 134)
Inventory number: 9759
Photograph:
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Description: Seal for tax of 1 %: "the upper part of the field has a small, laureate head of Hadrian, turned to the right with (ἐτοῦς) and ι[ on either side of it [regnal year 10+x]. In the lower part is an inscription which reads Αδριανο[ῦ : Καίσαρο[ς : τ]οῦ κυρίο[υ : πύ(λης) Φιλαδ(ελφείας) [name of the emperor and "gate of Philadelpheia"]". 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: Philadelpheia
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