1. Papyrus 3062
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 3062
- Title:
- Petition from a Fugitive Farmer (P.Oxy. XXVII 2479, TM 36070)
- Scope & Content:
- A petition addressed to an unnamed landlord, most likely a member of the Apion family, from Pieous from Kineas epoikion, a hamlet in the Oxyrhynchite nome. The man is a colonus adscripticius (registered farmer) who had escaped from his farming three years earlier and is now begging to be restore...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 6th century
- Extent:
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Two fragments of varying size from a papyrus sheet, one being the upper part of the document and the other its lower part, with at least one line lost in between; written on one side along the fibres and housed in one glass case. The surface is damaged on the upper left-hand side. Because of the carelessness of the text, which displays mistakes and omissions corrected by insertion, the text may be a draft.
