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Project / Collection Papyri Collections Name Pyrrhus, superintendent of the distribution of catoecic land in Egypt, 2nd half of 1st century Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable)

1. Papyrus 700

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 700
Title:
Official Letter (P.Grenf. II 42, P.Lond. III 700 descr., TM 11325)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter from Pyrrhus, the official in charge of the distribution of catoecic land, to the recorder of the district (syntaktikos), with a notification concerning some land in the Arsinoite nome.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13 November 86
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off to the right, damaged by holes throughout, especially along the edges, and with some surface damage; writing runs across the fibres on one side, the back being blank. On the front there are 8 lines, lacking their ends, for approximately 20 letters. A sheet-join running along the width of the sheet is visible in the middle. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2. Papyrus 750

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 750
Title:
Notification of Cession of Catoecic Land (P.Oxy. I 47, P.Lond. III 750 descr., TM 20709)
Scope & Content:
A letter from Achilleus, agent of Pyrrhus, superintendent of the katalochismoi (distribution of catoecic land) in Egypt, addressed to the agoranomoi (public notaries), who are being notified that a certain Didymus alias Amoitas had ceded to the priest Teos some land near the village of Senokomis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
83-88
Extent:

A papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres, broken off at the bottom but well preserved as to the rest. Number 47 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in one glass case.

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