Seals and Stamps
from Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt

SB 12 10916 (cf. JJP, 16/17 (1971), 138)

Seal ID: 1082
Publications: SB 12 10916 (cf. JJP, 16/17 (1971), 138)
Inventory number: 9761
Photograph:
Online photo:
Description: Seal for tax of desert guarding: "beardless head in laurel wreath turned to the right. The circular legend, partly obliterated, begins behind the neck of an emperor and reads Σοκνοπ[αίου] ["Soknopaiu"]". 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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